Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!att!cbnews!r4 From: r4@cbnews.ATT.COM (richard.r.grady..jr) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: Posting Messages That Aren't Responses Message-ID: <11418@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 14 Nov 89 18:33:07 GMT References: <109@toaster.SFSU.EDU> Reply-To: r4@cbnews.ATT.COM (richard.r.grady..jr,54354,mv,3a018,508 960 6182) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 18 In article <109@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes: >In article <1293@rex.cs.tulane.edu> rawdon@rex.UUCP (Michael Rawdon) writes: >> I used the 'f' command to post this >>message... the help list doesn't give me any other posting commands besides >>'f'. Is there another, something to create a new posting rather than >>just responding to someone else's message? > > [ Scott tells how to do it from within the "rn" program. ] You also can post a new article from the operating system (i.e., shell) command level, with the "pnews" program. Just type the command pnews and it will prompt you for newsgroup(s), subject, etc. -- Dick Grady r_r_grady@att.com ...!att!mvuxd!r4 BL - Merrimack Valley (508)960-6182 Cornet: 8-245-6182 The above opinions are mine, and not necessarily those of my employer.