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From: rchao@well.UUCP (Robert Chao)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Newsgroup, Article Selection questions
Message-ID: <13358@well.UUCP>
Date: 27 Aug 89 07:12:46 GMT
Reply-To: rchao@well.UUCP (Robert Chao)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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Here are a few questions and suggestions about RN commands.

1. Is there a list of all newsgroups and a short explanation of each one?
   Some are kind of bizarre, like the ones with "nice" or "sca" in them.
   Using "l" lists the names in two groups.

2. At the article selection prompt, BS never seems to work. I mean, it
   accepts commands as if the BS was working, but the BS doesn't back up
   the cursor. Is something set wrong?

3. It would be nice to be able to "junk" a large number of articles without
   it displaying the numbers [when I do "100 - 900 j."] Or is it possible?

4. If you type "u" it unsubscribes you without a yes-or-no first, which
   it does for catching up.

I'm not sure if I'm aiming these things the right direction....

...R. Chao