# HG changeset patch # User Katsumi Yamaoka # Date 1206938338 0 # Node ID baad832293a309ee167aaf164d9a5d3ddb04bf4b # Parent 87b6e6f4a20702d50850e6c1d6bcdd5cae21979e * gnus.texi (Example Methods): Fix description about ssh-agent. (Indirect Functions): Fix the default value of nntp-telnet-command; remove link to connect.html. diff -r 87b6e6f4a207 -r baad832293a3 doc/misc/ChangeLog --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog Mon Mar 31 02:57:39 2008 +0000 +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog Mon Mar 31 04:38:58 2008 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2008-03-31 Katsumi Yamaoka + + * gnus.texi (Example Methods): Fix description about ssh-agent. + (Indirect Functions): Fix the default value of nntp-telnet-command; + remove link to connect.html. + 2008-03-30 Michael Albinus * dbus.texi (Synchronous Methods): New parameter TIMEOUT for diff -r 87b6e6f4a207 -r baad832293a3 doc/misc/gnus.texi --- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi Mon Mar 31 02:57:39 2008 +0000 +++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi Mon Mar 31 04:38:58 2008 +0000 @@ -13126,6 +13126,7 @@ See also @code{nntp-via-rlogin-command-switches}. Here's an example for an indirect connection: + @lisp (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "indirect" @@ -13137,6 +13138,9 @@ (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: @@ -13148,11 +13152,6 @@ (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 @@ -13702,9 +13701,7 @@ @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. +intermediate host. The default is @samp{telnet}. @item nntp-telnet-switches @vindex nntp-telnet-switches