Subj : Re: Newslink Issue
To   : alt.bbs.synchronet
From : kyonshi
Date : Thu Jan 04 2024 09:39 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

On 1/4/2024 3:38 PM, MRO wrote:
>    To: kyonshi
>    Re: Re: Newslink Issue
>    By: kyonshi to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Jan 04 2024 02:16 pm
>
>   >
>   > > Thanks
>   >
>   > Well, the question is also: do I need a feed from another server or is a
>   > user account enough?
>   > As Synchronet seems to behave like a full server I guess I would need a
>   > feed?
>
> you mean you want access to the usenet backbone? vert does not carry the usenet backbone.
>
> You would need to put a server and username and password into your newslink cfg file. You can then assign those usenet msg areas to areas  you created on your
> bbs
>
> I use astraweb
>
> ---
>   � Synchronet � ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
> --- Synchronet 3.20a-Linux NewsLink 1.114
>   *  Vertrauen - Riverside County, California - telnet://vert.synchro.net

ah ok, I figured it out. I had a mistake in my internal codes in the
newslink.cfg
--- Synchronet 3.20a-Linux NewsLink 1.114

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