RumorMill 1.3 QuickStart

Copyright © 1996-2002, Jim Calvin.

RumorMill ICON This program is $90 Shareware, $35 for private or educational use.
Upgrades from previous versions are $15.

Contents


Quick Start

  1. Run RumorMill.
  2. Run RumorMill Setup on the same computer and click Get Preferences.
  3. RumorMill Setup startup window

  4. Click Newsgroups. Add groups manually, or use the Open Newsgroups file to select your Newswatcher Prefs, or Newsrc (warning, this is a full group listing!) file. Click Save.
  5. Newgroup entry window

  6. If you added USENET newsgroups which you wish to pull from a Newsfeed, click on Newsfeeds. Click on Add. Enter the name of the Newsfeed and enable 'Accept Articles from this Host' and 'Active Pull'. Click Save.
  7. Newfeed entry window

  8. If you wish to be able to be able to administer your server remotely, click on Security. Enter a Site Administrator Password. Click Save.
  9. Security window

  10. Select Save (Command-S) from the File menu.
  11. Quit RumorMill Setup.

You now have a fully configured News server running on your machine!

For more detailed information, please read the other RumorMill documents.