Subject: Pine 3.91 - News Questions.

From: Sami Mikhail <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 13:34:46 -0600

I have some NewBie questions. Answers, or pointers to answers would be 
greatly appreciated.
[Questions based on the fact that I used to use tin for Newsreader, but 
Pine 3.91 is so much more user-friendly and usable!]

1. Is there a flag to get  Pine to mark articles I have read as 'read' 
and not redisplay them when I go back into the group? (I know how to do 
it for mail and move it my 'read' folder, but have not found anything on 
News...)

2. Is there a way to sort incoming mail one way (say by arrival) and news 
folders another way (say ordered subject)?

3. Is there any way to get the number of unread articles in a newsgroup 
at the folder list?

Thanks in advance for any and all assitance.

Sami Mikhail
([email-masked])

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From: [email-masked] (Sami Mikhail)
Date: 7 Nov 1994 20:35:49 GMT

Sorry remembered one more questions:

Is there a way to implement a kill file, or the equivalent thereof?

--
Sami Mikhail
([email-masked])

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 00:01:06 -0800 (PST)

> it for mail and move it my 'read' folder, but have not found anything on 

At the moment the "read-message" folder feature only applies to INBOX,
and not to newsgroups.

Note that Pine, unlike some other newsreaders, doesn't cause messages to
disappear simply because they have been viewed once.  If you don't want to
see them again, you mark them Deleted, just as in mail.  Since the newsrc
file is used to record which messages you've marked as deleted, it can't
accurately record exactly which ones you've seen. However, you might find the
"news-approximates-new-status" feature useful. 
 
> folders another way (say ordered subject)?

Not at this time.
 
> 3. Is there any way to get the number of unread articles in a newsgroup 

Not at this time.
 
> Thanks in advance for any and all assitance.
 
You're welcome.

-teg

p.s. Re your subsequent msg: Kill files are not supported.  Sorry.

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From: Colette Monaghan <[email-masked]>
Date: 8 Nov 1994 13:54:49 GMT

Pine 3.91 - News Questions.
Is it possible to select a number of newsgroups and subscribe to them in
one
go?

If you are a new user to News and don't already have a .newsrc file then
it
seems a rather tedious selection process, unless I'm missing a vital
point.

It seems that you select a newsgroup confirm that you want to subscribe,
then
have to choose subscribe again at which point you are back at the top of
the
list of all possible newsgroups. You then need to either page forward or
search
for a string until you get back to where you where. Then the whole
procedure
starts all over again.

I know you can give a string to base your selection procedure on a
particular
group, but that's only useful if you know what you're looking for.

Is it possible to use the relatively new aggregate command that is now
available in Pine to select a number of newsgroups and subscribe in a
oner?