Trying to get gnus working

[Brett I. Holcomb]

I'll try it and let you know.

Thanks.


Kurt Wall wrote:
> In a 1.2K blaze of typing glory, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> 
>>I'm looking for a better email/news client than Thunderbird so I thought 
>>I'd give gnus a try as it does have some features I like. However, it 
>>sure isnt' working.  I run Xemacs and then start gnus.  This gives me a 
>>"nntp (news.linux-sxs.org) open error: '' Continue (y or n)" error. 
>>Yes, I've checked all the FAQs, tutorials, asked Jeeves and they all say 
>>"Just set up ~/.gnus file this way".  Wronnnngg!  I have it setup but it 
>>does not work.  The file (below) is setup exactly as the gnus tutorial 
>>and other docs state but gnus doesn't work.  Any ideas on where to look 
>>and how to fix it would be appreciated.
>>
>>Here's the ~/.gnus file - one line wrapped in this post but is a full 
>>line in the file.
>>
>>(setq user-mail-address "brettholcomb at charter.net")
>>(setq user-full-name "Brett I. Holcomb")
>>(setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.microsoft.com"))
>>
>>(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.linux-sxs.org"))
>>(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.charter.net"))
> 
> 
> What happens if you use 
> 
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnpt "news.linux-sxs.org"))
> 
> 
> Kurt