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Merge and remove slrn.md

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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>
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### slrn ### slrn
[slrn](slrn.html) is a newsreader; see [http://slrn.sourceforge.net/](http://slrn.sourceforge.net/) for details. [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`) 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`).
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. 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. 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.

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title: Slrn
category: links
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``slrn`` is a news reader for [Usenet](netnews.html).
Documentation for slrn can be found at [http://slrn.sourceforge.net](http://slrn.sourceforge.net)
Tilde-specific slrn info is on [http://tilde.club/~joeld/slrn.html](http://tilde.club/~joeld/slrn.html)