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Re: Connection fails
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Edward M. Reingold |
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Re: Connection fails |
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Date: |
10 Sep 2009 14:40:46 -0500 |
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>>>>> "TZ" == Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
EMR> (setq gnus-newsrc-alist '(("nntp+news.cs.illinois.edu:cs.announce" 3
EMR> ((1 . 904)) nil "nntp:news.cs.illinois.edu";)
EMR> ("nntp+news.cs.illinois.edu:cs.general" 3 ((1 . 5237)) nil
EMR> "nntp:news.cs.illinois.edu";)
EMR> ("nntp+news.cs.illinois.edu:cs.grad.announce" 3 ((1 . 268)) nil
EMR> "nntp:news.cs.illinois.edu";)
EMR> ("nntp+news.cs.illinois.edu:cs.undergrad.announce" 3 ((1 . 327)) nil
EMR> "nntp:news.cs.illinois.edu";)
EMR> ("nntp+news.cs.illinois.edu:cs.undergrad.general" 3 ((1 . 2547)) nil
EMR> "nntp:news.cs.illinois.edu";)
EMR> ("nntp+news.cs.illinois.edu:research.area.theory" 3 ((1 . 33)) nil
EMR> "nntp:news.cs.illinois.edu";)
EMR> The Illinois server recently changed to one requiring a secure
EMR> connection; is that "nntp" part now wrong?
TZ> Not there, but you have to change the NNTP server's definition to deal
TZ> with the secure connection. The newsrc file has the logical server
TZ> name, while the real address, port, etc. are defined elsewhere (in the
TZ> newsrc file for external servers and in Lisp for primary/secondary
TZ> servers).
I don't understand--exactly what do I need to do, and where?
--
Professor Edward M. Reingold Email: reingold@iit.edu
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