can't contact newserver news.gmain.org

[R. Jensen]

Richard E Miles wrote:
> I was trying to contact the news.gmain.org newsserver but was unable. I
> typed slrn -nntp -h news.gmain.org --create. It said:
> Reading startup file /etc/slrn.rc.
> Using newsrc file /home/rmiles/.jnewsrc for server news.gmain.org.
> Connecting to host news.gmain.org ...Failed to resolve news.gmain.org
> slrn fatal error:
> Failed to initialize server.
> 
> How do I use this news service? 
> I also did a ping news.gmain.org and got unknown address.
> 
Just a typo, try:
  news.gmane.org