Re: Emacs Gnus open error?

[Richard Riley]

Shenli <zhushenli@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I have used Emacs for several month, love it and try to use it as a
> mail/news
> client.
>
> After set gnus-select-method(is it the minimal setting option?) by
> custom-set-variables
> '(gnus-select-method (quote (nntp "gnu.emacs.bug")))
>
> I try to link to the news server, but Emacs give out error as below.
>
> "Unable to open server nntp+gnu.emacs.bug, go offline?
> nntp (gnu.emacs.bug) open error: '', Continue?"
>
> My environment is WinXP and Emacs23.1.
> Any suggestion is welcome!
>
> Thanks,
> Shenli

gnu.emacs.bug is not an nntp server afaik ... more likely it is a group.

You can sign up for a free nntp server account here:

http://www.eternal-september.org

then add it to your select methods with

,----
| (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
|               '(nntp "motzarella"
|                      (nntp-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo.gpg")
|                        (nntp-address "news.eternal-september.org")
|                      (nntp-port-number 119)
|                      )
|             )
`----



regards

r.