mayfrost-guides/USENET.md

USENET

slrn ( + slrnpull + slrnface)

1. Create slrn.rc:

• set username "desired_username"
• set hostname "desired_hostname.invalid"
• set replyto "some_name email@example.com"
• charset display utf8
• charset outgoing utf8
• setkey group "set_prefix_argument(4); () = select_group();" " "

2. Set $NNTPSERVER to usenet provider (set in config file):

• NNTPSERVER='server_name' && export NNTPSERVER

3. Set $EDITOR to preferred text editor (set in slrn.rc file):

set editor_command "vim '+set tw=72' +%d '%s'"

4. Create .jnewsrc

5. slrn --create

6. download a list of newsgroups slrn -d