Subject: Pine for news question

From: Neil <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:30:34 -0700 (PDT)

I have used Pine for mail for years but only recently switched from tin to
Pine for news. I am having a little trouble adjusting.

I cannot seem to set a group to deleted or read. The problem is that each
of my groups has months and months worth of posts and I have to scroll
down to the current day which takes quite awhile.

The instructions on the Pine Web site:
http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/news.html#8.3

do not work for me.

Thanks.

Neil

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From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:09:58 +0100 (BST)

> http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/news.html#8.3

Rather than using

 ;AA*

which is what is suggested in FAQ 8.3, try this

 ;AAD

This means "Select All Apply Delete" and should work to "catchup"
(or "mark read") all messages in a newsgroup. I have lots of tips
for using Pine as a newsreader on my Power Pine page. Especially
useful are these two sections:

 <http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/pc/#speedNNTP>

 <http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/pc/#tipsNNTP>

Good luck using Pine as a newsreader,
Nancy

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From: Neil <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 22:57:46 -0700 (PDT)

> Good luck using Pine as a newsreader,

Thanks for the help Nancy, your suggestion worked.

Neil