[Users] Claws-Mail as news reader.

[john Culleton]

On Sat, 4 Aug 2012 17:32:51 +0100
Paul <claws at thewildbeast.co.uk> wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Aug 2012 11:31:46 -0400
> john Culleton <John at wexfordpress.com> wrote: 
> 
> > On the recommendation of others I am trying to set up my
> > claws-mail to also be my netnews reader. I have an account set up
> > as nntp and gave it the addy of a news source. What comes next?
> > Should I set up send and receive as in email? How do I specify
> > which newsgroups to draw from?
> > 
> > The manual is a bit silent on this issue.
> 
> Right-click the top level News folder and choose 'Subscribe to
> newsgroup'. Use the 'Refresh' and 'Search' buttons as needed. Click
> whichever groups you want to subscribe to and click 'OK'.
> 
> You'll need to set up an SMTP server to send.
> 
> with regards
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
We are getting closer. I get an error message:
Can't retrieve news group list.



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