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I would like to know if it is possible to read the newsgroups through
a shell account (the news is through a commercial provider that
requires a username and password.  

Why would I want to do this?  To download a binary and mail it to
someone else without ever having to pull it down through my slow
modem.

Is this possible?  If so, how?

Thanks for your time.
Please remove the '**' in my email address to respond.

Just try : tin
it's a text version

Yves.

Quote:> I would like to know if it is possible to read the newsgroups through
> a shell account (the news is through a commercial provider that
> requires a username and password.  

> Why would I want to do this?  To download a binary and mail it to
> someone else without ever having to pull it down through my slow
> modem.

> Is this possible?  If so, how?

> Thanks for your time.
> Please remove the '**' in my email address to respond.

Quote:>Why would I want to do this?  To download a binary and mail it to
>someone else without ever having to pull it down through my slow
>modem.

Quote:>Is this possible?  If so, how?

Make sure the ISP you're using provides access to the newsgroups that
you with to subscribe to.  Not all ISP's carry all the newsgroups.

Saving/emailing a 1meg uuencoded article should only take about 1-2
seconds, compared to several minutes when using the standard pc
client/modem method.

If your ISP doesn't offer shell accounts, and you don't want to switch
to a new ISP, then see if you can telnet to other locations.  If you
can, you can keep your current ISP, telnet to a new ISP (and pay a
minimum charge for just a shell account (no ppp)).  Since you're
telnet'ing from one ISP to another ISP, you don't have to worry about
local dial-up access charges or busy signals.  The new ISP can be
located anywhere in the world where response time between the two
ISP's is to your satisfaction.

Quote:>Thanks for your time.
>Please remove the '**' in my email address to respond.

Leave off the "1" at the begining and the end.
Their purpose is to prevent spam email.

I have a shell with my ISP, and they do have trn installed, but I
can't figure out how to use it.  Will I be able to use trn to access
another news server other than my ISP's?

I typed 'man trn' to get the manual, but I would have to cut and paste
it from the telnet window many times to get a copy of it.  Do you know
of any resources that I could learn about trn?  Again, if it can't
access another news server and login with an id and password, I
wouldn't want to use it.

Thanks again for your time.

     /Tony
I'm sorry I don't have the time to write/send you the script, I'm about
to move 9 timezones away from where I live now...
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Hey, that worked like a charm, thanks!!

The command I use is:

NNTPSERVER=news.remote.isp trn

NOTE: You may need a separate .newsrc file for the other ISP (I hand
copy between the local and non-local .newsrc files when I do this).

I believe this is also usable in tin and rn.

Wayne
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: NOTE: You may need a separate .newsrc file for the other ISP (I hand
: copy between the local and non-local .newsrc files when I do this).

slrn handles this a bit more nicely.
You can define different .newsrc files for each server in .slrnrc,
and you can start slrn with
  slrn -h <nntpserver>

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