* Paul E Condon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > I recently noticed that I have a news deamon running on my potato. I have > never really used news. It has seemed to me to be an alternative to mailing > lists that I didn't need because mailing lists seemed quite adequate for the > purpose. But with my new email setup (mutt/fetchmail/exim) I am confronted > with > a constant stream of warning messages from the news deamon because it was > never > properly configured. I wouldn't know how to configure it. Do I need news?
Errm, news is client-server like everything else. Clients don't install any daemons, AFAIK. If you have a daemon running, you must've installed a news server package at some stage. No, you don't need a news server. You may want to install news client and have a look at newsgroups available on news.yourisp.com -- that might answer your next question. > This list, and a few other Debian lists serve me quite well. What would I > gain? > Am I really missing something great? alt.sex.pictures? alt.tasteless.penis? Dima -- One distinguishing characteristic of BOFHen is attention deficit disorder. Put me in front of something boring and I can find a near-infinite number of really creative ways to bugger off. -- ADB
