+2008-03-31 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>
+
+ * 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 <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
* dbus.texi (Synchronous Methods): New parameter TIMEOUT for
See also @code{nntp-via-rlogin-command-switches}. Here's an example for
an indirect connection:
+
@lisp
(setq gnus-select-method
'(nntp "indirect"
(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:
(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
@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