On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Trevor Barrie wrote: > On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > > Looks like nn tries a command leafnode doesn't understand (or the syntax > > nn uses is wrong). You could check the rfc about error 502. > > "RFC"? I know FAQs, manpages, HOWTOs and /usr/doc/*, but that's a new one > to me.:) Where do I find it? > The RFC are released by the ietf :-)
OK. rfc = request for comments = documents descibing standards on the internet ietf = internet enineering task force Point your browser to yahoo and search for rfc to find a local mirror. > > I can use tin (I think from non-free) very well if I can't run gnus. So > > you might try it. > > Okay, tin works, sort of. It seems it still can't find my hostname since > my From: lines show up as "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", but I can manually edit that. > It's a pain though. > > (The file /usr/doc/tin/INSTALL.gz cryptically recommends that I "check > that DOMAIN_NAME & INEWS_MAIL_DOMAIN are correctly set to produce a > correct From: headers for your site." Set how? Setting these as > environment variables has no effect... surely these don't need to be fixed > at compile-time?) > Don't know, but you could edit ~/.tin/tinrc There you have a line: # user's mail address, if not [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail_address= You could try this one. But your box is screwed up somhow. What do "hostname" and "dnsdomainname" say? /etc/hosts ? route ? (I get out of ideas right now :-) Ciao, Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .