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#### FAQ 3-1

#### Question 3.1

I just installed Gnus, started it via ‘`M-x gnus`’ but it only says "nntp (news) open error", what to do?

#### Answer

You’ve got to tell Gnus where to fetch the news from. Read the documentation for information on how to do this. As a first start, put those lines in `~/.gnus.el`:

    (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.yourprovider.net"))
    (setq user-mail-address "you@yourprovider.net")
    (setq user-full-name "Your Name")