Archive-name: usenet/software/nn/faq/part1
Last-modified: $Date: 2002/07/16 19:29:57 $
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  This is a living list of frequently asked questions on the Usenet
  news reader NN (No News is Good News).  The point of this is to
  circulate existing information, and avoid rehashing old answers.
  Better to build on top than start again.  Please read this document
  before ever posting to this newsgroup.

  This article is posted monthly.  If it has already expired and
  you're not reading this, you can hope that you saved the
  instructions to retrieve the FAQ (see "Where can I get nn") so that
  you can get a copy through other means.

  Please do not post an answer when someone posts a frequently asked
  question; rather, email the relevant section of the FAQ to eliminate
  unnecessary traffic in this newsgroup.

  This list depends on your comments, additions and fixes: please send
  them to Sascha Geschwandtner <mailto:sam@s.netic.de>.

  Copyright 1991-1999 Bill Wohler
            2000-2002 Sascha Geschwandtner

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Section Contents

• News Headers
• Table of Contents
• Viewing This Article
• 01.00 ***** Introduction *****
• 01.01 Why should I use nn?
• 01.02 What is the current version of nn?
• 01.03 Where can I get nn?
• 01.04 What references exist for nn?
• 01.05 How should I report bugs?
• 01.06 How can I convert from rn to nn?
• 01.07 How can I make life simpler when starting nn for the first time?
• 01.08 Is there an X interface to nn?
• 01.09 Can I connect to a remote news server?
• 02.01 What machines does nn run on?
• 02.02 Is it possible to restrict the groups that users have access to?
• 02.03 Can I set up nn securely?
• 03.00 ***** Command Input *****
• 04.00 ***** Selection Mode *****
• 04.01 How come nn doesn't show the Lines count?
• 04.02 Why does nn crash when an invalid letter is selected?
• 04.03 How do I search for an author in a menu?
• 04.04 How do I select all articles in one fell swoop?
• 05.00 ***** Reading Mode Commands *****
• 05.01 How can I see the original article with the current subject?
• 05.02 Why do articles without a Lines header appear empty?
• 05.03 Can the article viewer/pager be changed?
• 05.04 How can I read MIME (multi-media mail) articles?
• 05.05 How can I read HTML (World Wide Web, Mosaic) articles?
• 05.06 Why am I reading cross-posted articles more than once?
• 05.07 Why do I get a "Canceled or expired" error?
• 06.00 ***** Saving Articles *****
• 06.01 How do I save files that I can read later with MH, elm, Mail, ...?
• 06.02 What's the best way to save multi-part articles?
• 06.03 When saving in +a/b/c keeps you from saving in +a/b.
• 06.04 How can I change the default name of a save file?
• 06.05 Can I save all unread articles non-interactively into a file?
• 06.06 Can I download news to my PC?
• 07.00 ***** Folder Maintenance *****
• 07.01 How can I remove old articles from folders?
• 08.00 ***** Posting and Responding to Articles *****
• 08.01 How can I post prewritten articles with nn?
• 08.02 How can nn automatically append my signature?
• 08.03 How do I eliminate double signatures?
• 08.04 Can the signature come from a different file or program?
• 08.05 How do I save my posts, followups and replies automatically?
• 08.06 Can I use my editor to edit posts and replies?
• 08.07 Can I use my mailer to send mail?
• 08.08 Can nn use aliases when sending mail?
• 08.09 How can I set a different Organization name?
• 08.10 How can I make mail replies go to a different machine?
• 08.11 How can I change how my real name appears?
• 08.12 How can I customize my mail headers for mail and posting?
• 08.13 How do I post locally?
• 08.14 Can I read my mail with nn?
• 09.00 ***** Jumping to Other Groups *****
• 09.01 How can I see which newsgroups are available?
• 09.02 Why do I get *NO*UPDATE* and what can I do about it?
• 10.00 ***** Automatic Kill and Selection *****
• 10.01 Can non-selected subjects be automatically placed in my kill file?
• 10.02 Can I automatically kill articles based on the Newsgroups header?
• 10.03 How can I find all articles having to do with a certain topic?
• 10.04 Can I select one article in a thread when auto-select-subject set?
• 10.05 Can one search for patterns in the entire article from the menu?
• 10.06 How come more articles get selected than I expect?
• 10.07 Any plans for trn-ish thread following?
• 10.08 Can one kill articles based on the number of lines?
• 10.09 Can one kill messages by Internet address?
• 10.10 Can I kill spam?
• 11.00 ***** The Format of the Kill File *****
• 12.00 ***** Miscellaneous Commands *****
• 12.01 Can I choose newsgroups as I do articles, ie. with a menu?
• 12.02 How do I unsubscribe to all groups?
• 12.03 How can I get nn to stop adding new newsgroups?
• 13.00 ***** The Init Files *****
• 13.01 How do I customize nn or change nn's behavior?
• 13.02 How can nn be used when multiple users share the same login?
• 13.03 Sample init files
• 14.01 Setting new-group-action to "ask before adding" doesn't work.
• 15.00 ***** Macro Definitions *****
• 15.01 Is there a library of macros and other nn features?
• 16.00 ***** Key Mappings *****
• 17.00 ***** Command Groups *****
• 18.00 ***** Group Presentation Sequence *****
• 18.01 How can I avoid seeing NEW groups?
• 19.00 ***** NN Maintenance & nnmaster *****
• 19.01 Why does nnmaster stop collecting articles at the "junk" group?
• 19.02 How do I cope with "Incomplete MASTER file"?
• 19.03 Why isn't nnmaster working?
• 19.04 Why did nnmaster stop working?
• 19.05 Why do I get ".../MASTER not found"?
• 19.06 Why do I get "cannot open 'x' file"
• 19.07 Why do I get "Lost connection to server foobar"
• 19.08 Why doesn't nn display messages when not using NNTP?
• 19.09 Why do I get "Notice: no news has arrived for the last n hours"?
• 19.10 How can I fix a "Master/GROUPS conflict"?
• 19.11 Why does expire take so long?
• 19.12 Why is nn so slow?
• Glossary
• Acknowledgments
• nn-use-mh
• nn_elm
• nnalias
• nn-use-urlview
• nn-use-lynx

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