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To start reading bulletin boards from Hemlock you probably need to create a file containing the newsgroups you want to read.
When you invoke the Netnews command, Hemlock merges the value of this variable with your home directory and looks there for a list of groups (one per line) to read.
When you invoke the Netnews command, Hemlock merges the value of this variable with your home directory. This file maintains a pointer to the highest numbered message read in each group in Netnews Group File.
When you invoke this command, Hemlock creates a buffer called Netnews Groups and inserts the names of all accessible Netnews groups into it alphabetically. You may find this useful if you choose to set up your Netnews Group File manually.
This variable stores the host name of the machine which Hemlock will use as the NNTP server.
This is the number of seconds Hemlock will wait trying to connect to the NNTP server. If a connection is not made within this time period, the connection will time out and an error will be signalled.
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