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From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison)
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Subject: Re: Info: How to read news you've already read
Date: 16 Oct 1994 18:10:48 -0500
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   This was sent to me by Jason P. Pilon, but I think he might have 
wanted to post it:


In article <37hik4$ce3@gagme.wwa.com> you write:
>
>   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:
[snip]
>   Maybe some other folks can tell how to read already read news for 
>other readers and systems.  I believe this is important, but that many 
>people do not know how to do it.  And they ask for reposts because they 
>skipped over an article, and don't know they can read it again.

A (possible) universal solution would be to edit your .newsrc file.

Example:  
rec.arts.ascii: 1-11432 <=- simply change the last number (which indicates
                            high number read)

I tend to scan through groups quickly, see a few interesting replies, and
then realize I missed the original.  I use TRN, so your hint might come in
handy now.