1 @title Configuring Gnus for reading news
4 @node Setting up the news server name and port number
5 @variable server :string (gnus-getenv-nntpserver)
6 @variable port :number 119
7 @validate (assistant-validate-connect-to-server server port)
8 @result gnus-select-method (list server port)
10 Usenet news is usually read from your Internet service prodider's news
11 server. If you don't know the name of this server, contact your ISP.
13 As a guess, the name of the server might be news.yourisp.com.
15 Server name: @variable{server}
16 Port number: @variable{port}
18 @next t "User name and password"
20 @node User name and password
21 @variable user-name :string (user-login-name)
22 @variable password :password (or (assistant-authinfo-data server port 'password) "")
23 @validate "... lots of code ..."
24 @result ... er... put stuff in .authinfo, I guess
26 Some news servers require that you enter a user name and
29 @if (password-required-p)
30 It looks like your news server is one of those.
32 It doesn't look like your news server requires passwords.
35 User name: @variable{user-name}
36 Password: @variable{password}