newsgroup iso email for this list

[Shannon McMackin]

Detlef Lechner wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
The group on gmane does not require a password, but 1st, you must 
subscribe to the ubuntu-users mailing list with a valid e-mail address, 
then, when you create you news server profile you must associate the 
same e-mail address with the account.

I'm speaking from a Thunderbird perspective, but I've used Pan off and 
on over the years and it worked the same way.