Totally puzzled

I get rid of thunderbird (yeah!) and I use slrn.

But after posting it informs me with this:
*Warning* error saving at /home/myHomeDir/.slrn/Posts

Same error with mail replies at /home/myHomeDir/.slrn/Replies

This is my ls -la .slrn | grep slrn:

drwxr-xr-x 6 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 02:06 .slrn

and ls -la .slrn/
drwxr-xr-x 6 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 02:06 .
drwxrwx--- 51 MySelf MyDudes 8192 2006-08-25 10:12 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:43 lib
drwxr-xr-x 2 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:42 Posts
drwxr-xr-x 2 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:42 Replies
drwxr-xr-x 3 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:43 spool

It's not necessary to work but it's annoying if I want to rewrite a
post

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korgman <korgie@gmail.com> writes:

> Totally puzzled
>
> I get rid of thunderbird (yeah!) and I use slrn.
>
> But after posting it informs me with this:
> *Warning* error saving at /home/myHomeDir/.slrn/Posts
>
> Same error with mail replies at /home/myHomeDir/.slrn/Replies
>
> This is my ls -la .slrn | grep slrn:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 6 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 02:06 .slrn
>
> and ls -la .slrn/
> drwxr-xr-x 6 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 02:06 .
> drwxrwx--- 51 MySelf MyDudes 8192 2006-08-25 10:12 ..
> drwxr-xr-x 3 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:43 lib
> drwxr-xr-x 2 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:42 Posts
> drwxr-xr-x 2 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:42 Replies
> drwxr-xr-x 3 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:43 spool

Such settings are paths to a FILE not a directory so

set save_posts ".slrn/Posts"

saves posts to the FILE ~/.slrn/Posts and it appends all messages in mbox
format to that file which can be read via mutt if you choose.

HTH

Glyn
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On 2006-08-25, Glyn Millington <wistanswick@linuxmail.org> wrote:
> korgman <korgie@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> and ls -la .slrn/
>> drwxr-xr-x 6 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 02:06 .
>> drwxrwx--- 51 MySelf MyDudes 8192 2006-08-25 10:12 ..
>> drwxr-xr-x 3 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:43 lib
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:42 Posts
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:42 Replies
>> drwxr-xr-x 3 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:43 spool
>
> Such settings are paths to a FILE not a directory so

Ooops, what a miserable mistake. I saw the settings file and I thought
that the directories where absent so I make them! Totally wrong :-)

Thank you! I deleted the directories, with this post I will verify
if everything is fine

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korgman <korgie@gmail.com> writes:

> On 2006-08-25, Glyn Millington <wistanswick@linuxmail.org> wrote:
>> korgman <korgie@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> and ls -la .slrn/
>>> drwxr-xr-x 6 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 02:06 .
>>> drwxrwx--- 51 MySelf MyDudes 8192 2006-08-25 10:12 ..
>>> drwxr-xr-x 3 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:43 lib
>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:42 Posts
>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:42 Replies
>>> drwxr-xr-x 3 MySelf users 4096 2006-06-13 01:43 spool
>>
>> Such settings are paths to a FILE not a directory so
>
> Ooops, what a miserable mistake. I saw the settings file and I thought
> that the directories where absent so I make them! Totally wrong :-)

The only reason I know this is that I made exactly the same mistake when
I began using slrn, long ago and far away, before I saw the light and
moved to Gnus :-)

atb

Glyn
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On 2006-08-25, Glyn Millington <wistanswick@linuxmail.org> wrote:

> The only reason I know this is that I made exactly the same mistake when
> I began using slrn........

I know my memory is not as good as yours. I can barely remember my
last install. But, I don't understand why one would have to set
anything to ~/.slrn/. The default settings in .slrnrc are:



%% 4. Directory / file names

% Filename where articles / email you sent are archived.
% Note: If these are unset, slrn does not keep a copy of outgoing
messages.
set save_posts "News/My_Posts"
set save_replies "News/My_Replies"

% Name of score file.
set scorefile "News/Score"



Seems I recall one is prompted to accept these settings the first time
using slrn.

nb

notbob <notbob@nothome.com> trolled:
> On 2006-08-25, Glyn Millington <wistanswick@linuxmail.org> wrote:

> > The only reason I know this is that I made exactly the same
> > mistake when I began using slrn........

> I know my memory is not as good as yours. I can barely remember my
> last install. But, I don't understand why one would have to set
> anything to ~/.slrn/. The default settings in .slrnrc are:

If you are going to install a new newsreader, it is silly to install
slrn or tin or any of the text-based newsreaders. The easiest, and
probably the best way to go is to use mozilla news or perhaps
thunderbird, although you will have to dick around with thunderbird
if you want it to follow html links.

And a newsreader that doesn't support graphics and doesn't support
html links, is absolutely worthless, unless you are an old fart who
is too stupid to change, or you enjoy shoving your head up your ass
for something to do.

To each his own, but you only display your own ignorance. Oh, and
if you insist on using a text-based newsreader, be aware that tin is
much, much, more intuitive. slrn is the least intuitive newsreader
out there, and that is the reason that some people use it. Just
check the names of the trash who use slrn.

cordially, as always,

rm

notbob <notbob@nothome.com> writes:

> On 2006-08-25, Glyn Millington <wistanswick@linuxmail.org> wrote:
>
>> The only reason I know this is that I made exactly the same mistake when
>> I began using slrn........
>
> I know my memory is not as good as yours. I can barely remember my
> last install. But, I don't understand why one would have to set
> anything to ~/.slrn/. The default settings in .slrnrc are:

Yes, but I think I was trying to set up something other than the defaults
- hey, it must be five years ago?!

atb

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On 2006-08-25, Realto Margarino <rm@youasked.org> wrote:

> is too stupid to change, or you enjoy shoving your head up your ass

User-Agent: tin/1.9.1-20060409 ("Benmore") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.12.1


[RM] "Hello ass. I'm head"



nb

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Realto Margarino <rm@youasked.org> wrote:
>
> If you are going to install a new newsreader, it is silly to install
> slrn or tin or any of the text-based newsreaders. The easiest, and
> probably the best way to go is to use mozilla news or perhaps
> thunderbird, although you will have to dick around with thunderbird
> if you want it to follow html links.
>
> And a newsreader that doesn't support graphics and doesn't support
> html links, is absolutely worthless, unless you are an old fart who
> is too stupid to change, or you enjoy shoving your head up your ass
> for something to do.

So, are you enjoying the butt chunks and anal vapours of your
own ass?

Once again, pot. kettle. black. Case in point:


- From rm@youasked.org Fri Aug 25 12:46:16 2006
Sender: <rm@hitme.justlinux.ca>
From: Realto Margarino <rm@youasked.org>
Subject: Re: slrn - Warning error saving
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.slackware
User-Agent: tin/1.9.1-20060409 ("Benmore") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.12.1 (i686))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Enough said.

> you only display your own ignorance.

Too true. You do display your own ignorance.

BL.
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A Guy Called Tyketto <tyketto@sbcglobal.net.invalid> trolled:

pgp trash troll delete

> > And a newsreader that doesn't support graphics and doesn't
> > support html links, is absolutely worthless, unless you are an
> > old fart who is too stupid to change, or you enjoy shoving your
> > head up your ass for something to do.

> So, are you enjoying the butt chunks and anal vapours of your
> own ass?

Hardly. We're an old fart, too lazy and too stupid to change.

You're the one who keeps shoving his head up his ass.

BTW: _Nobody_ uses pgp anymore. It is merely and obviously an
affectation and it annoys people and only trolls like you use it.

There are _no_ security advantages to using pgp in usenet.

cordially, as always,

rm