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Xref: sserve comp.unix.questions:60465 comp.unix.misc:15705 comp.unix.aix:50713 comp.unix.bsd:15975 comp.unix.shell:20238 comp.unix.advocacy:3949 comp.mail.pine:4149 comp.mail.uucp:13866 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!hedunx!hedunx!not-for-mail From: hartr@hedunx.hedland.edu.au (Robert Hart) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.mail.pine,comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: 3 questions ? ? ? Mail, Unix, Internet. Followup-To: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.mail.pine,comp.mail.uucp Date: 17 Jan 1995 21:44:35 +0800 Organization: Hedland College Lines: 48 Message-ID: <3fghk3$ntc@hedunx.hedland.edu.au> References: <D29rpH.Gwo@freenet.carleton.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: hedunx.hedland.edu.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] David A Hosten (ao826@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote: : I am posting this in the hope somewhere out there [over the rainbow ;) ] : somebody will be able these three questions. I'm a Unix newbie (being very : familiar with less tasking [get it?] systems like Windoze, OS/2, WinNT, : etc. So here are the questions: Suggestion - get Linux and learn how much fun a personal Unix system is! Apart from that... : 1. (a) How do I change my environment to enable Pico to replace the vi editor, : for my own personal use, on the Aix system we have at school. I know Pico : well, and have grown accoustomed to it. Vi is fine, but, to me more of a : pain in the butt to use. I'm auto-launched into a Korn shell at login, but : can change at will. Any suggestions? (b) How do I edit (and where do I : find) my .tinrc file to enable Pico as my editor for Usenet read/reply? set the VISUAL envirnoment variable as follows in your ~/.profile file export VISUAL=<editor name> In my case I use emacs, which (IMHO) is vastly superior to pico! : 2. (a) How may I retrieve posts to Usenet groups that my Freenet/University : accounts do not subscribe to? There must be some way of doing an FTP : equivalent to a site that collects the postings. (b) Is there a way of uucp : retrieving them from sites? (c) If so, is it then possible to e-mail a group : directly from the Pine mailer...what would be put into the To: address : section? (d) Why is the location of usenet-news servers appear to be : so secret and inaccessible to the regular FTP public? Reason: there are some : alt.fan.* groups that we would like to pick up to do some research on : media influence. Hm, I don't know the answer to this one... : 3. Our recalcitrant sysadmins won't respond to e-mail, so what are you : normally do with a student aix account? I'm trying to teach myself a bit : of Unix (am going to decide between Free/386/NetBsd, Linux or : Solaris [apparently have a $100 educational deal] versions), so will want : to eventually know the answers to these questions anyway. I would suggest you poke around and learn Unix, writing shell scripts, try the differnt shells etc. Have fun! -- Robert Hart hartr@hedunx.hedland.edu.au Voice: +61 (0)91 72 0429 Fax: +61 (0)91 72 3560 Hedland College, PMB 1, South Hedland WA 6722 Australia