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Easy fix:
in your .profile file, set NNTPSERVER=(whatever yours is)
then by starting tin-r  or rtin, you should use this server.
(worked for me)
P.S.  If you are using a modem connection, I recommend using tin -rqn after 
the initial start (once you have subscribed to the groups you want).  This 
causes tin to forego checking for new groups every time it starts and I found 
it made for a speedier connect.

In article <52sm4j$e84@cnn.Princeton.EDU>, davelee@ranma.princeton.edu (David 
H. Lee) wrote:
>Geoff Leff (gleff@gil.com.au) wrote:
>: gleff@gil.com.au (Geoff Leff) wrote:
>
>
>: Thanks to those that sent me email.. I was inundated with email..
>: However, nothing fixed the problem..  It actually looks to me like
>: something is overwriting the environment variable.
>
>: it says this when I start up tin -r
>
>: Connecting to set.your.NNTPSERVER.variable
>
>just plop the hostname for your NNTPSERVER in /etc/nntpserver
>
>my /etc/nntpserver is:
>
>cnn.Princeton.EDU
>
>and that's all there is to it.
>
>BTW tin has a useful command line option that ONLY loads those 
>newsgroups you are subscribed to, and is MUCH faster that way.
>
>start it as, 
>
>tin -r -n
>
>That should speed things up :)
>

Richard Dubrawski
(rad140@psu.edu)

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