+2004-05-23 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+ * etc/gnus/news-server.ast: Use library validation.
+
2004-03-08 Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com>
* make.bat: Make sure that gnus-load.el and sieve are writable to
@title Configuring Gnus for reading news
-@node Server name and port
+@node Setting up the news server name and port number
@variable server :string (gnus-getenv-nntpserver)
@variable port :number 119
-@validate
-(let* ((error nil)
- (stream
- (condition-case err
- (open-network-stream "nntpd" nil server port)
- (error (setq error err)))))
- (if (and (processp stream)
- (memq (process-status stream) '(open run)))
- (progn
- (delete-process stream)
- nil)
- error)))
-@end validate
+@validate (assistant-validate-connect-to-server server port)
@result gnus-select-method (list server port)
@text
-To read Usenet news with Gnus, you first have to tell
-Gnus where the news server is.
+Usenet news is usually read from your Internet service prodider's news
+server. If you don't know the name of this server, contact your ISP.
+
+As a guess, the name of the server might be news.yourisp.com.
The server name is @variable{server}; port number @variable{port}.
@end text