Evolution & Usenet ( not working )
arndalebilo
arndalebilo at gmail.com
Sat Oct 28 01:57:10 UTC 2006
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:33:47 -0400, Richard wrote:
> it would appear, that evolution will not work, trying to use it for
> usenet..
> aka: a newsreader...
>
> I did in fact setup evolution to read nntp server...however, when I
> click on the folder
> name, and open it, it tells me that its loading....
>
> thats it... nothing else happens.
You need to subscribe to some groups...
On the menu:
Folder - Subscriptions
Select your nntp server from the drop-down list
Now wait while it downloads the active list.......
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Wait some more while Evolution freezes for a minute or so...
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Select the group hierarchy - ie comp
Wait........................................
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Move the dialog around until you can see the blank message box titled
"Evolution Error"..................................
Wait...............................................
Muck about..........................................
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Give up.
sudo apt-get install pan
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