On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 06:39:54PM -0800, Katie wrote: > Is there any way to set this up so I don't have to do the > $ export NNTPSERVER=news.ucdavis.edu everytime I go to use tin? Add "news.ucdavis.edu" to your /etc/news/server file, then just do "tin -r" Or, as mentioned before, set the NNTPSERVER variable in your login script. -bill!