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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!pacbell.com!amdahl.com!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!davsys.com!news.irbs.com!not-for-mail From: jc@irbs.com (John Capo) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Newbie requesting help with INN on FreeBSD Date: 6 Dec 1995 11:50:41 -0500 Organization: IRBS Engineering Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4a4hl1$ro0@irbs.irbs.com> References: <49q2nm$2nm8@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: irbs.irbs.com In article <49q2nm$2nm8@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net>, Don Adams <donadams@cris.com> wrote: >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? >Anyone know of a good comprehensive reference for running Usenet? >My intent is to allow users on the network to access news using the Freeagent >newsreader on Win95 workstations accessing the FreeBSD box on the network. >News feed is to come from the Pagesat satellite service (whenever they decide >to ship it). >Thanks!!! >Don. > Those .XX thingies are troff formatting commands. Troff format docs have been the Unix standard for many years. cat Install.* | nroff -ms | more You will want to use the inn1.4unoff3 distribution. Many bug fixes. John Capo jc@irbs.com IRBS Engineering High performance FreeBSD systems (305) 792-9551 Unix/Internet Consulting - ISP Solutions