Config Files
/etc/tin/tinrc
, ~/.tin/tinrc
, ~/.newsrc
, /etc/tin/tin.defaults
, /etc/tin/mime.types
, /etc/tin/keymap
and /etc/mailcap
Configuration Information
Set some global defaults for TIN
by running the following commands as the root
user:
cat > /etc/tin/tinrc << "EOF"
use_mouse=ON
getart_limit=100
translit=ON
EOF
Now, as an unprivileged user, subscribe to some newsgroups,
specify the news server, and run tin:
cat >> ~/.newsrc << "EOF"
gmane.linux.lfs.devel:
gmane.linux.lfs.beyond.devel:
EOF
export NNTPSERVER=news.gmane.org
tin -Q
For printing, TIN executes the
lpr command. This
can be provided by CUPS-1.2.12 or LPRng-3.8.28.
If you do not have the metamail program, TIN will use an internal parser for
multipart MIME articles. Alternatively, you can use Mutt for MIME parsing through the
metamutt shell
script. This requires both the Mutt-1.5.17 and Procmail-3.22 programs.
To use metamutt,
set metamail_prog=metamutt
in
tin.