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... 2.2 Going to a Newsgroup and Subscribing
To go to a different newsgroup use nn's Go command (G). For example,
here's how to go to one of the newuser newsgroups (which is a good
idea):
Prompt Type In order to...
====== ==== ==============
<menu mode> G Go to...
Group of Folder (+./~%=sneNbB) newuser RET ...next newsgroup with
`newuser' in its name
foo.newuser n RET no, go to next
news.announce.newusers y RET yes, go to this newsgroup
Number of articles (juasne) (j) RET jump to the newsgroup
For now, don't worry about what the cryptic-looking prompts mean. At
the final prompt you should press RET which means do the default --
`j' for jump (or `a' for all if jumping is not possible).
Once you get to the newsgroup look in the upper right corner of the
screen to see if you are subscribed to the newsgroup. If you are not
subscribed, it will say:
UNSUB
In order for nn to keep track of the articles you read, you need to
subscribe. To subscribe to news.announce.newusers, do this:
Prompt Type
====== ====
<menu or show mode> U
Already unsubscribed. Resubscribe to news.announce.newusers? y
U is a toggle that unsubscribes you from a subscribed group or subscribes
you to an unsubscribed group.
TIPS
* When searching for a newsgroup with the G command it's a good strategy to
use a short search string so that you will hit all variations, e.g., use
sport rather than sports so you will be presented with the alt.sports
hierarchy as well as rec.sport hierarchy.
* You can always break out of a prompt with ^G.
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