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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999 15:48:25 +1100, Darren Spiteri <Spit@spam-free.UUCP> wrote:
>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.

Good point!

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