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[Grant Edwards]

On 2007-03-01, Mike Driscoll <mdriscoll at co.marshall.ia.us> wrote:

>>> You should configure a News account (Tools > Account Settings > New
>>> Account) that points to the news.gmane.org news server.
>>> 
>>> Just subscribe to the gmane.comp.pythonn.wxpython newsgroup and be 
>>> done with it. I use this scheme with great satisfaction.
>>
>> How do you do that?
>
> edit -> account settings
> click "add account"
> click "newsgroupt account"
> enter real-name and e-mail, click "next"
> enter news.gmane.org as server name, click "next"
> enter an account name (e.g. gmane), click "next"
> click "finish"
> click "OK"
>
> click on the new gmane entry in the folders pane.
> click "manage newsgroups"
><newsgroups are downloaded>
> click down through the tree widget to gmane.comp.python.wxpython check the box next to gmane.comp.python.wxpython click "OK"
>
> click on the new g.c.p.wxpython entry in the folders pane.
> a dialog comes up asking how many headers to download click "OK" to accept the default of 500 (or change it if you want) <headers are downloaded> threads appear in the right-hand pane.
>
>> Thunderbird doesn't show me a list of groups to subscribe to.
>> It tries to fetch the list though, but it is empty. I have not found a 
>> way to subscribe manually.

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>I can see why Christian was frustrated. The instructions work
>until I do the "manage newsgroups". Then it gives me an error
>of "cannot connect to server. The connection was refused."
>Weird. I use Windows XP SP2, but maybe I am blocked because of
>the company firewall?

Probably.  In that case the web interface at www.gmane.org may
be your only choice unless you want to set up a tunnel.

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