Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
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From: rcheng@torag.uucp (Raymond Cheng)
Subject: Re: New BBS?
Message-ID: <1991May22.202309.2184@torag.uucp>
Organization: Torag Public Access Unix, Toronto
References: <25510003@hpsad.HP.COM> <1991May17.202009.18986@torag.uucp> <1991May19.212056.23093@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 May 91 20:23:09 GMT

>I would LOVE to see a way to kill threads that are boring or to mark messages
>in a thread as read when you go through the whole thread like on RN. I havent
>seen any BBS programs that are similar to this.

   Actually, under trn, I don't even bother to maintain a "kill" file. 
It's much faster for me to just select what I want to read rather than let
the computer search through the group for me. (I'm on a slow host). This 
is what trn does.... it presents me with a menu like this:


********   8 unread articles in comp.sys.amiga.applications--read now? [+ynq]
 
[screen clears]
comp.sys.amiga.applications                             8 articles
 
a+Peter Kittel GER  1  >New BBS?
b ray.c.jender      2  >need driver for Epson ES 300C scanner
  Harv Laser
c Michael Mounier   1  >HD backup utilities?
d Robert A. Little  1  D-Net 2.10
e Charles Davis     1  Excellence! or Pen Pal with Pro Page 1.3
f JOHN ROSNOW       1  Sound Program
g+LORETI, Maurizio  1  ProVector
 
-- Select threads -- All [Z>] --
 
 
   ...as is denoted by the "+" signs, I selected the threads I wanted to
read by pushing the keys "a" and "g". (I have VT100 emulation). I see
nothing more of the other threads. As a result, I can go through 
newsgroups VERY quickly. I can tell at a glance what to read and what 
not to read, instead of having to read the five+ line header of EACH
unread article, as is done under rn. I figure I save at LEAST half of
my time using trn rather than using rn.

   I would LOVE to have a menu-like thread selector on my local BBS.

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     ...Cheng

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