newsgroup iso email for this list

[Detlef Lechner]

On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 06:15 +0000, user1 wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:13:41 +0000, Aart Koelewijn wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > As asked:
> >>On Thu, November 19, 2009 11:19, Aart Koelewijn wrote:
> > 
> >>> I don't understand why people use email for this list when there is a
> 
> I find it easier to use a newsreader (I use Pan) instead of your e-mail 
> client  for managing your mailing lists.
> 
> Install Pan using synaptic (in ubuntu).
> 
> Add as news server:
> 
> Pan - Edit - Edit News Servers - Add - "news.gmane.org"
> 
> Add your e-mail address:
> 
> Pan - Edit - Edit Posting Profiles - "your e-mail address"

I have done so. But Pan reports: "news.gmane.org requires a password,
but none is set."

> Then Search for "gmane.comp.video.pitivi.general" as group name (use 
> search box top left in Pan) and then right click on the found group and 
> choose 
> "subscribe".

Pan does not list this group. No groups starting with »gmane.« at all.
But other groups provided by another German news server. 

What went wrong?

Detlef Lechner