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From: sutton@decus.com.au (Colin Sutton)
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Reading news in a thunderstorm is hazardous.
Message-ID: <430@decus.com.au>
Date: 20 Jul 89 02:50:07 GMT
Organization: DECUS, South Pacific Chapter
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I am always on teneterhooks reading news from home via dial-up modem,
because if the line goes down, all the items I read are now unread again -
and since people are often unimaginative with subjects, and my memory for
item numbers is limited, I have to re-read lots of news. Not to mention I
forget which newsgroups I have read. 

Couldn't the NEWSRC file be updated as the news is read? A good time to do
this would be as soon as the item page has been displayed, just before the
prompt for the next keyboard input. The time taken wouldn't be noticed. I
assume that the file would be kept open, so it wouldn't take long to
update. And news would be quicker to exit too - just close the file.

-- 
Colin Sutton M.Sc. 
Decus Australia Languages and Tools SIG Librarian	SUTTON@DECUS.COM.AU
Development Manager - Wormald Control Systems	   	Tel (61)(2)8887566
Centrecourt 25-27 Paul Street North NSW 2133 Australia  Fax (61)(2)8874452