comparison doc/misc/gnus.texi @ 93446:baad832293a3

* gnus.texi (Example Methods): Fix description about ssh-agent. (Indirect Functions): Fix the default value of nntp-telnet-command; remove link to connect.html.

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      (nntp-via-rlogin-command "ssh")
@end lisp

See also @code{nntp-via-rlogin-command-switches}.  Here's an example for
an indirect connection:
@lisp
(setq gnus-select-method
      '(nntp "indirect"
             (nntp-address "news.server.example")
             (nntp-via-user-name "intermediate_user_name")

             (nntp-via-rlogin-command "ssh")
             (nntp-via-rlogin-command-switches ("-C"))
             (nntp-open-connection-function nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-netcat)))
@end lisp

If you're behind a firewall, but have direct access to the outside world
through a wrapper command like "runsocks", you could open a socksified
netcat connection to the news server as follows:

@lisp
(nntp "outside"
      (nntp-pre-command "runsocks")
      (nntp-open-connection-function nntp-open-netcat-stream)
      (nntp-address "the.news.server"))
@end lisp

This means that you have to have set up @code{ssh-agent} correctly to
provide automatic authorization, of course.  And to get a compressed
connection, you have to have the @samp{Compression} option in the
@code{ssh} @file{config} file.


@node Creating a Virtual Server
@subsection Creating a Virtual Server

@table @code
@item nntp-telnet-command
@vindex nntp-telnet-command
Command used to connect to the real @acronym{NNTP} server from the
intermediate host.  The default is @samp{nc}.  You can also use other
programs like @uref{http://www.imasy.or.jp/~gotoh/ssh/connect.html,
connect} instead.

@item nntp-telnet-switches
@vindex nntp-telnet-switches
List of strings to be used as the switches to the
@code{nntp-telnet-command} command.  The default is @code{("-8")}.

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      (nntp-via-rlogin-command "ssh")
@end lisp

See also @code{nntp-via-rlogin-command-switches}.  Here's an example for
an indirect connection:

@lisp
(setq gnus-select-method
      '(nntp "indirect"
             (nntp-address "news.server.example")
             (nntp-via-user-name "intermediate_user_name")

             (nntp-via-rlogin-command "ssh")
             (nntp-via-rlogin-command-switches ("-C"))
             (nntp-open-connection-function nntp-open-via-rlogin-and-netcat)))
@end lisp

This means that you have to have set up @code{ssh-agent} correctly to
provide automatic authorization, of course.

If you're behind a firewall, but have direct access to the outside world
through a wrapper command like "runsocks", you could open a socksified
netcat connection to the news server as follows:

@lisp
(nntp "outside"
      (nntp-pre-command "runsocks")
      (nntp-open-connection-function nntp-open-netcat-stream)
      (nntp-address "the.news.server"))
@end lisp


@node Creating a Virtual Server
@subsection Creating a Virtual Server

@table @code
@item nntp-telnet-command
@vindex nntp-telnet-command
Command used to connect to the real @acronym{NNTP} server from the
intermediate host.  The default is @samp{telnet}.

@item nntp-telnet-switches
@vindex nntp-telnet-switches
List of strings to be used as the switches to the
@code{nntp-telnet-command} command.  The default is @code{("-8")}.