From 4aed2c8219774f5d797760606b8489a92ddc5163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: toma Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:58 +0000 Subject: Copy the KDE 3.5 branch to branches/trinity for new KDE 3.5 features. BUG:215923 git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/kdebase@1054174 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- doc/userguide/usenet.docbook | 251 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 251 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/userguide/usenet.docbook (limited to 'doc/userguide/usenet.docbook') diff --git a/doc/userguide/usenet.docbook b/doc/userguide/usenet.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2aba10a2b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/userguide/usenet.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,251 @@ + + + + + + +Usenet News + +Usenet newsgroups are forums in which you can post messages to discuss +various topics: almost any subject you like (and many you don't!) can +be found there. Although usenet has become less popular than it once +was, because of the increasing use of web forums, &etc;, it is still a +useful tool. &kde; provides a powerful usenet news reader called &knode;. + +You can find &knode; in the K Menu under the +Internet entry: the menu entry +&knode; (News Reader) launches the program. + + +The main window of &knode; should now be displayed on your +desktop as shown; on the first start, the settings dialog will be +invoked. + + +Setting up &knode; + + + + +&knode; after first start + + +&knode; after first start + + + + + +Personal settings + +The first page of the settings dialog is for personal settings: + +Dialog for entering personal information + + + + +Entering personal information + + +Entering personal information + + + + + + + +Name + +In the field Name, enter your name. This +name will later appear in the newsgroups as sender, and can be seen by +anyone. + +Filling out the field Name is +mandatory. + + + + + +Email address + +The email address you enter here will be used as sender in news +articles, &ie; as actual address of the author, in conjunction with +the real name (set in the field Name). + +Filling out the Email Address field is +mandatory. + + + + + + + + + +Configuring the news account + + +Now we must tell &knode; about where we get the news from or +where to send the articles to later on. In the list on the +right, there is an Accounts entry; click on it and choose the +Newsgroup servers tab, because we first want to configure +the news account: the list of accounts is still empty. + +To create a new account click on Add.... The +following dialog appears: + + +The New Account dialog + + + + +The New Account dialog + + +The New Account dialog + + + + + + + +Name + +The Name field can be filled in as you +like; the text you enter will later be visible in the folder view. You +could, for example, enter the name of your Internet Provider; for our example we +enter the name My News Account. + + + + +Server + + +The next field is labelled Server. Unlike +the field Name, what you enter here is important. +The name of the news server is fixed and you should be able to get it +from your Internet service provider; if you do not know the name of +the news server, you should get it now: without this information you +cannot read any news. If your Internet service provider doesn't own a +news server you can use a public one (universities often provide +public news servers.) + +For our example configuration we enter the name +news.server.com; you will, +of course, enter the real name of your news server. + + + + +Port + +You probably will not need to change this from the default in most +cases. + + + + + + + + +Setting up the mail account + +Sometimes you need to answer to the author of an article +directly, without posting to the newsgroup; for example, when you want +to make a very personal comment or want to correct an error. If you +want to do this, select the Mail Server (SMTP) tab. The +following dialog box appears: + + +Dialog Box for setting up the mail account + + + + +Setting up the mail account + + +Setting up the mail account + + + + + + + +Server + +The name (address) of your mail server as provided by your +Internet service provider or system administrator; all you have to do +here is enter the mail server's name in the +Server field. + +In our example we enter mail.server.com + + + + + +Port + + +Again, you probably will not need to change the +Port setting. + + + + + + +Related Information +The comp.windows.x.kde newsgroup is the main user +support group for &kde; on usenet. You can find other resources for +getting help with &kde; in . + +Gmane provides a +usenet frontend to many mailing lists, including most of the &kde; +lists, so you can read them with &knode;. + + + + + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.1