Subject: adding newsgroups in pine

From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 13:47:26 -0400

Since pine approaches the newsgroups addition question opposite to rn,
in that it only adds newsgroups users tell it to add, some users might
think
pine is more difficult to use than rn.  Not true.  Provided you use a
little strategy.
The effective strategy I found is to think about the topic I'm interested
in reading about.  Next pick one word to describe that topic.
Third, go into newsgroups folder and hit the a to subscribe to a
newsgroup.
Fourth, enter only that single word.  This is done deliberately.
Pine will rightly complain since no newsgroup consists of only one word.
That's great that pine complains, because sometimes it pays to make
mistakes and this is one time you want to do it.
Fifth, hit ^x and tell pine to search for all related newsgroups.
If any are found, just move up and down the list and make your pick.

jude <[email-masked]>