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Re: Unable to open server nntp+news.eternal-september.org
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A. Filip |
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Re: Unable to open server nntp+news.eternal-september.org |
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Date: |
Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:15:20 -0000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) |
Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to configure gnus to use newsgroup, but I got:
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> Unable to open server nntp+news.eternal-september.org due to: Opening
> input file: No data
> Unable to open server nntp+news.eternal-september.org, go offline? (y
> or n)
> nntp (news.eternal-september.org) open error: ''. Continue? (y or n)
> Couldn't open server on news.eternal-september.org
Do you get e-s greeting messages when you telnet its nntp port from the
same computer?
telnet news.eternal-september.org nntp
Sorry but I see too much "miss located" problems, so I would
confirmation it is a *gnus* problem.
> My .gnus.el is:
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> (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.eternal-september.org"))
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> and my .authinfo:
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> machine news.eternal-september.org login XXX force yes password XXX
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> both are got from Internet.
Conduct some initial tries *without* ~/.authinfo
In e-s case login it is required to get *all* newsgroups, you will get
*some* newsgroups without it.
P.S.
0) You may use nntp-record-commands to trace/record nntp session
http://www.gnus.org/manual/gnus_168.html
1) I use ~/.emacs to configure/set gnus-select-method
2) Consider switching to nntps (nntp over SSL) after fixing your current
problems. It protects login&passwords and privacy.