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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!van-bc!uniserve!usenet From: tom@uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Newbie requesting help with INN on FreeBSD Date: 4 Dec 1995 00:01:47 GMT Organization: UNIServe Online Lines: 20 Distribution: world Message-ID: <49tdpb$efc@atlas.uniserve.com> References: <49q2nm$2nm8@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc.sdf.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 In article <49q2nm$2nm8@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net>, donadams@cris.com says... > >I'm a new user of FreeBSD 2.0.5 off the Walnut Creek CD. >I've successfully installed the OS and got it working on my TCP/IP Ethernet. >I've installed INN from the CD using the pkg_manage utility. >I'm trying to learn how to configure the package and have decompressed the >GZIP manual pages only to find them formatted with many ".XX" formatting >strings. (such as .PP, .I, .IR). >What are these formatting strings and how do I read these man pages or print >them out? You need to read man pages with "man". "man" will automatically find installed manpages and display them. I will auto-ungzip them too. >Anyone know of a good comprehensive reference for running Usenet? Read the INN FAQs. They are very complete. Tom