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From: Darren Spiteri
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 00:00

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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999 00:30:29 GMT, stephenreynolds@hotmail.com wrote:
> In article <bjp977.de4.ln@bucket>,
>   Darren Spiteri <Spit@spam-free.UUCP> wrote:

> > Replace my.news.server with the machine you want slrn to read from, in this
> > case your localhost, type hostname to see what it is. If you are using bash
> > (likely) then put this in your /etc/profile:
> >
> > NNTPSERVER=my.news.server
> > export NNTPSERVER

> I put the above in my .bashrc - worked like a charm

It's a good idea to put in in /etc/profile if you wish to set up other
accounts on the machine, it's good practice to make important variables
global, especially if some software relies on them.
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References: <slrn79gknj.2dh.spr@dialup-ad-10-2.camtech.net.au> <bjp977.de4.ln@bucket> <77bgn6$bik$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>

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From: Darren Spiteri <Spit@spam-free.UUCP>
Subject: Re: Starting slrn
Date: 1999/01/11
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