How can I use Pine for reading and posting Internet News?
This section was formerly part of the document Secrets of Pine. Versions before Pine 3.90 were capable of reading Internet newsgroups (Usenet), but the ability to post messages to these newsgroups, or subscribe to them, was added in Pine 3.90. It is possible that your system manager has configured Pine so that everyone on the system automatically has access to news. You can check this by looking for a news folder collection at the end of your FOLDER LIST for versions up to and including 3.96 (in version 4, COLLECTION LIST) – if it’s not there, you will need to tell Pine the name of your local news server. Here are the steps: • Choose the “S Setup” command from the [M]AIN MENU. • Select “C Config”. • Use the down-arrow-key to select the option nntp-server. • Press “A” Add Value” to this option. Type in the name of the news server for your site, then press Return. You will need to get this information from your local computing/network support staff. A typical news server name would be: “
This section was formerly part of the document Secrets of Pine. Versions before Pine 3.9 were capable of reading Internet newsgroups (Usenet), but the ability to post messages to these newsgroups, or subscribe to them, was added in Pine 3.90. It is possible that your system manager has configured Pine so that everyone on the system automatically has access to news. You can check this by looking for a news folder collection at the end of your FOLDER LIST for versions up to and including 3.96 (in version 4, COLLECTION LIST) – if it’s _not_ there, you will need to tell Pine the name of your local news server. Here are the steps: • Choose the “S Setup” command from the [M]AIN MENU. • Select “C Config”. • Use the down-arrow-key to select the option nntp-server. • Press “A Add Value” to this option. Type in the name of the news server for your site, then press Return. You will need to get this information from your local computing/network support staff.
