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OCR: NewsWatcher 2.0 Opening Referenced Articles and Groups When you open news or nntp URL NewsWatcher gets the referenced article from the news server and displays it in a new article window In addition to full formal news and nntp URLs, News Watcher recognizes one other format for news references: the message pI of the article encl losed in angle brackets For example News Watcher recognizes both of the following as news references news:j-doe- 240687 34 123000 @mac 18 .flunku. edu op-!> -240687341230001 1@mac18.flunku.edu> In other words with article references you can leave off the "news: prefix if you enclose the message id in angle brackets This format is very common on Usenet. For example most followup postings begin an attribution' line which looks like the following In article <message-i ...