One of the keys to moving through lots of news articles is "killing"
subjects and authors that you don't want to read, and auto-selecting
subjects and authors that you do want to read.

The `k' command kills the current subject for the current session
only.  Use this when you're tired of a subject but you may want to
look in on it again in a future session.

The `K' command kills or auto-selects a subject or author for the
number of days you specify, anything from one day to permanently.
Here's an example of using the `K' command to set up auto selection
of any article with *you* as the author.

 Prompt                                                       Type
 ======                                                       ====
 <reading an article you posted>                              K
 AUTO (k)ill or (s)elect (CR => Kill subject 30 days)         s
 AUTO SELECT on (s)ubject or (n)ame  (s)                      n
 SELECT Name: (=/)                                            RET
 SELECT in (g)roup 'newsgroup.name' or in (a)ll groups  (g)   a
 Lifetime of entry in days (p)ermanent  (30)                  p
 CONFIRM SELECT Name perm exact: YourFullName                 RET


At the `SELECT Name' (or `SELECT Subject') prompt, pressing RET means
to use the current name (or subject).

One of the most common ways to use `K' is to kill the current subject
in the current newsgroup for 30 days.  Doing this takes only two
keystrokes:

 Prompt                                                       Type
 ======                                                       ====
 <reading an article you posted>                              K
 AUTO (k)ill or (s)elect (CR => Kill subject 30 days)         RET

After 30 days the kill command will automatically be commented out in
your "kill file."  Your "kill file" is ~/.nn/kill and it is where all
the kill and select commands that you create with the `K' command are
stored.  In addition to using the `K' command, you can also use your
editor to directly edit your kill file and create, edit, or delete
kill commands.


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