X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd588,a0bf75ff961dd8bc X-Google-Attributes: gidfd588,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,a0bf75ff961dd8bc X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,a0bf75ff961dd8bc X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,a0bf75ff961dd8bc X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-03 03:50:55 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii,alt.ascii-art.animation Subject: Re: Info: How to read news you've already read Date: 2 Nov 1994 11:07:41 -0600 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 708-367-1871 Lines: 22 Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <398h0t$eb1@gagme.wwa.com> References: <37hik4$ce3@gagme.wwa.com> <398fnp$dmp@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: bga.com rec.arts.ascii:2461 alt.ascii-art:13726 alt.binaries.pictures.ascii:1469 Legend has it that Yin Chu wrote: > >In article <37hik4$ce3@gagme.wwa.com>, Bob Allison wrote: >> >> You can read articles that you've already read, as long as they are >>still on the news spool at your site. If you are on a Unix based system, >>using rn or trn (preferably trn), do the following: > >Why don't you just modify you .newsrc file?? It's faster than going to your .newsrc and diddling it, and going back. Once you learn to do it, it's very quick. -- .ooo. .oo. .ooo oooo. ooooo .oo. oooo. .oooo. oo oo oo (88***:88*** d88*88 88**8b 88***.88*** 88**8b :88**88: 88 88 88 '88b 88F d88 88 88 .8P 88oo 88F 88 .8P:88 88:88 88 88 Y88 ?88 :8888888 8888" 88** ?88 8888" :88 88:88 88 88 888 *8b..88L 88 88'8b 88... *8b.. 88'8b '8b..d8' 88bd88bd8F :88888F "*8F 88 88 88 '8F 8888F "*8F 88 '8F ^*88*^ 88F"88F"