michael wrote: > On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 08:39 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 04/03/07 08:27, michael wrote: >> > I'm trying to read d-u as a newsgroup using Evolution (details below) >> > but can't get it to work... anybody else succeeded? >> >> The group is linux.debian.user. What problems are you having? > > If I open Evolution, select preferences -> accounts, create a new a/c > with > > servertype = USENET news > server = news.demon.co.uk (demon is my ISP, see > http://www.demon.net/helpdesk/technicallibrary/misc/news/) > > then when I click OK (having set my SMTP etc) it sits there > indefinitely saying "loading" and doesn't produce a lists of newsgroups > > Ta, M > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Depends on your connection speed - evo needs to download long list of newsgroups that your provider is making available (usually more than 30000). Sometimes, on my POTS modem connection I had to wait for more than 20mins. -- Mirko Scurk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
