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From: det@hawkmoon.UUCP (Derek E. Terveer)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Can any kind soul tell me how to get vn working?
Message-ID: <117@hawkmoon.UUCP>
Date: 20 Feb 88 20:20:54 GMT
References: <701@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> <623@csm9a.UUCP>
Organization: Richfield, Mn, USA
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Summary: try "options -n all"

In article <623@csm9a.UUCP>, ngorelic@csm9a.UUCP (Bamf) writes:
> In article <701@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu>, schung@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Stephen the Greatest) writes:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 	I just compiled the version of vn I got from comp.sources.unix
> > 	Every time I runs it, it says, "No news".  Seems that it is not
> > 	connecting to the server or something...  Anything I did wrong?
> > 					- Stephen

That would be the message one would get on an empty system (i.e., one you just
compiled News for) and either had no .newsrc file, or a .newsrc file without
the line:
		options -n all
in it.  What I do is simply:

$ echo options -n all >.newsrc

before the first time i invoke news.

hope this helps.