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From: scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve Simmons)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Review of NN, a Usenet news reader
Keywords: rn, .newsrc, b&d
Message-ID: <2416@itivax.iti.org>
Date: 27 Jul 89 18:18:08 GMT
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Organization: Industrial Technology Institute, Ann Arbor, MI.
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Given there's been a bit of nn-bashing here, it's worth pointing out
a neat feature:

Sometime earlier today there was a posting on Robert Morris being
officially charged w.r.t the internet worm.  This afternoon I decided
I wanted a copy.  The following command
  nn -mxX -sworm all
caused nn to scan ALL subject lines of ALL the news, looking for the
keyword 'worm'.  It found a list of about 18 articles and presented the
subject lines for me to pick and choose from.  Total time from hitting
return to getting the list -- 44 seconds.  This is on a loaded VAX 785
with about 40MB of news on line.

nn is like rn in that it has boatloads of options.  A brief usage will
not give you a real feel for all it can do any more than a brief usage
of rn would.  The most common comment I got from my users when pushing
them towards rn was "so what", followed several weeks later by "hey, I
like this!".  My own reaction to NN has been similar -- "so what", followed
by a growing like.
-- 
Steve Simmons		          scs@vax3.iti.org
Industrial Technology Institute     Ann Arbor, MI.
"Velveeta -- the Spam of Cheeses!" -- Uncle Bonsai