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From: lwake@runcible.Sun.COM (Larry Wake - SE Sun LA North - 818-905-0200)
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Subject: Re: Posting a New article
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Date: 12 Sep 89 17:16:45 GMT
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In article <1989Sep12.015235.1614@twwells.com> bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes:
>In article <4546@cps3xx.UUCP> joshia@frith.UUCP (Amaresh Joshi) writes:
>: In rn the f,F commands are used to post followup articles, but
>: what is the command for posting a new article? Say for instance if
>: a group had no unread articles.
>
>Um. I don't recall that there is one. I just type !Pnews.

Another way to do it is to use the $ command to go to the pseudo-article
after the last article, and use F or f to post a followup to that
article.  You'll be prompted for a new subject and then thrown into your
favorite editor as usual.

This can also be used to post to a group that has no unread articles.
Go to that group, and when you're prompted:

    0 unread articles in comp.protocols.tcp-ip.eniac--read now? [ynq]

press "y" .  You'll get the same message as if you'd typed $ in a
group with articles, i.e.:

    End of newsgroup comp.protocols.tcp-ip.eniac.

    What next? [qnp]

...and you can press f or F.

(Disclaimer: I don't hold this out as being *the* right answer, but it's
another answer, and it works for me.)
Larry Wake, Sun Microsystems (lwake@sun.com)