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Subject: Re: First Time On News
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Date: Sat, 22-Nov-86 15:18:52 EST
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In article <4388@mimsy.UUCP> mangoe@mimsy.UUCP (Charley Wingate) writes:
>
>Uh, rn doesn't start up that way.  If you just type in "rn", you are
>initially subscribed to *everything*.  If you don't want to read everything,
>you *have* to learn how to unsubscribe.  Therefore, putting newusers first
>is a big win for rn, since they will see it first 

Uh, that's funny. I know a lot of people who feel that they don't HAVE to
do anything they don't want to. I've seen some horrendous .newsrc files
as a result. :-)

New rn users are initially subscribed to whatever you put in the "newsetup"
program + any "new" newsgroups at the time. I've chosen to limit new users
to company and regional newsgroups. However, I modified RNLIB/newsnews to
suggest how to look for "other" newsgroups. It's also worth pointing out
that Larry's default newsnews tells people to look at m.a.n. If you touch
or modify that file from time to time, all rn users will see it without
resorting to news articles to disseminate the information I alos post
information on the "a" "l" and "o" options, which I find useful.

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