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From: david@ukma.UUCP (David Herron, NPR Lover)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Why digests are GOOD!
Message-ID: <2123@ukma.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Sep-85 15:39:54 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  4 15:39:54 1985
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In article <5524@fortune.UUCP> boozer@fortune.UUCP (Glenn Boozer) writes:
>  I just send it to the printer, read it at my desk, and file it for
>future reference.
...
>  I print out each digest and circulate it within the
>department/building.  There are many neophyte computer users that benefit from
>the pass-along digets.

Can't you write a tiny piece of software to "digest" each day's messages and
print it out?  It's easy.  Trust me.

Sys file:

	pcdigest:net.micro.pc:F:/usr/spool/outnews/pcdigest

Then a shell file:

	#! /bin/sh
	# pcdigest.sh -- grab articles from net.micro.pc and digest them
	cat </dev/null >/tmp/digest$$
	for file in `cat /usr/spool/outnews/pcdigest`
	do
		( cat $file ; echo ; echo ----------- ) >>/tmp/digest$$
	done
	lpr /tmp/digest$$

Which, I admit is rather crude as I just thought of it, but the basic
idea is there.  Similar things can be done if you're on arpa and
receive net.micro.pc as info-pc, make your local info-pc address
be an alias to a program.

You're denying us the full use of rn for those newsgroups.
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