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title: usenet news
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category: tutorial
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author:
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- deepend
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- audiodude
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## this is out of date and the netnews server is down
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## As of 2020-04-14 news is back up!
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We're working on it. You'll need a news server to read news, and it's up;
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it's `news.tilde.club`.
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You'll need a news (NNTP) client to read news. The address is
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`news.tilde.club port:119`, and it is open to the internet at large. Thanks to
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[~deepend](../~deepend) for getting it set back up!
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## News clients
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### slrn
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[slrn](slrn.html) is a newsreader; see http://slrn.sourceforge.net/ for details.
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### pine/alpine
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[[pine]] can read news; this
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[http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/News/PineNews.html](tutorial) might help.
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You can also read the [FAQ from U Washington](http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/news.html).
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In Pine do 'S' for setup, 'C' for config, then
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set 'NNTP Server (for news)' to news.tilde.club
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Then go back to the main menu, and pick Folder List,
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A for add, ^t for list
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In Pine do
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1. 'S' for setup, 'C' for config, then
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1. set 'NNTP Server (for news)' to news.tilde.club
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1. Then go back to the main menu, and pick Folder List,
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1. A for add, ^t for list
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### Emacs
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`M-x gnus` in [[emacs]] can read news, but you better know [[emacs]] first before you start.
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### lynx
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[[lynx]] reads news, a la `lynx news://news.tilde.club/tilde.general`. It can even post news, but you have to design your own headers.
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### tin
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There is also [tin](tin.html).
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### Thunderbird
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If you're using Thunderbird for email, it can also be configured for news.
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1. Go to the `Tools` menu, -> `Account Settings`
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1. Under `Account Actions` click `Add Other Account...`
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1. Select "Newsgroup Account"
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1. Type in the name you and email address you want associated with your posts.
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This can be your real name and tilde.club email address, or any other name
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(like your tilde username) and any other email address.
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1. For the "Newsgroup Server" type `news.tilde.club`. Give it a name
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("news.tilde.club" works fine), confirm a couple of times and you're done!
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You should see a new entry for news.tilde.club in your accounts list.
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1. Right click on "news.tilde.club" in your accounts list and click
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`Subscribe...`
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1. You should see a dialog with a tree of news topics. Click one and click
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`Subscribe` to subscribe to the topic. When Thunderbird is running, it will
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periodically check for new messages to each of these topics. You will also
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see a list of topics in your accounts list with unread counts.
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1. To post to a topic, open the topic and click the "Write" button.
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