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From: dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright)
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Subject: Re: re-reading articles in rn
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Date: 15 Mar 89 00:41:15 GMT
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In article <185@syteke.UUCP> jim@syteke.UUCP (Jim Sanchez) writes:
#If you find a way to reread old articles please post it because I have 
#the same problem ...

Yes, there are lots of ways to read old articles in rn.
If you know the number, give it: rn will display that article even if it
has been marked as read.   Also, P and N  work as p and n (previous/next
article) but will ignore the 'read' flag.   I guess you already know '-'
shows the previous article you read (as opposed to predeceding article
numerically).   And you can always edit .newsrc!

123-126m with mark articles 123-126 as unread, and   /./m
will mark all articles in the group as un-read.

Finally, if you put the following lines into a file called .rnmac
in your home directory

~ $/./r:=
@1 |mail -s "%s" %L
@2 |print\n

you will define the same 3 rn macros that I have, whereupon:
~  will display the article headings in the group - including read ones
@1 will mail the current article to yourself
@2 will pipe the current article through print (a script I have to do lpr
   with the right flags to use my nearest printer).

Regards,       
        David Wright           STL, London Road, Harlow, Essex  CM17 9NA, UK
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