TildeClub/site
1
1
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/tildeclub/site.git synced 2026-08-25 11:59:23 +00:00
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Merge and remove slrn.md

Browse Source 
Merge slrn.md into netnews.md.  There was much duplicate information
in both of these files.

Remove slrn.md . Now only netnews.md file persists, without the wiki
losing any information.  Readers need one less clicky.

Signed-off-by: keyboardan <keyboardan@tilde.club>
This commit is contained in:
keyboardan
2026-08-13 04:08:29 +00:00
committed by deepend
parent 91110ca3a8
commit cdf63f6f86
2 changed files with 8 additions and 13 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

11
wiki/source/netnews.md
View File

@@ -30,10 +30,15 @@ and [~xwindows](/~xwindows/) (technical troubleshooter).
### slrn
[slrn](slrn.html) is a newsreader; see [http://slrn.sourceforge.net/](http://slrn.sourceforge.net/) for details.
First, add `export NNTPSERVER="localhost"` to your shellrc (`.bashrc`, `.zshrc`)
and source it (`source path/to/.shellrc`).
First, add `NNTPSERVER='news.tilde.club' && export NNTPSERVER` to your shellrc (`.bashrc`, `.zshrc`). If your shell is Bash, you may write it `export NNTPSERVER='news.tilde.club'`, instead. And, source it (`source path/to/.shellrc`).
Then run `slrn --create` to create the slrn config file, and lastly `slrn -d` to
Then, create a file called .slrnrc in your home directory like this:
set hostname "tilde.club"
set username "your-tilde.club-user"
set realname "Your-Firstname Your-Lastname"
Afterwards, run `slrn --create` to create the slrn config file, and lastly `slrn -d` to
populate group names.
You're now ready to run `slrn`! If the list is empty, press `L` (for list-groups) and enter `*` in the field for all groups. You might need to enter each group (pressing `space`) to get a proper count for how many (if any) unread messages there are.