C is for Convergence

[the_siobhan]

*deep sigh*

Posted to alt.gothic.

Let the bitching commence.

Comments

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Does google groups not work for you?

I'm sure there have been threads about Mac-compatible news readers. No doubt Peter can point to them. :=p

[ladyclayton.livejournal.com]

I went ahead and used it to post, but if I get my login stuff and server info from Peter, I think I can get on using Thunderbird. :)

Thanks! :)

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

Yes you can!

Short answer is that you open a terminal window and type the following at it:

ssh -L 9119:abyss.ninehells.com:119 user_id@ninehells.com

where user_id is your user ID. You won't have to do anything in this connection, but it will need to stay open for the news reader to work.

Next, in Thunderbird, you tell it to use a news server on localhost. Change the port number Thunderbird connects to from 119 to 9119.

Enjoy the lifeblood of USENET.

[ladyclayton.livejournal.com]

Thanks, P! Is my pass the same? :)

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

I certainly haven't touched it. So, whatever it was when you last dealt with it, it probably still is.