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- This program is a subset of the standard readnews system. It allows access to
- the newsgroups and articles received via UUCP transfer. Some features are not
- implemented due to the constraints of the PC, while others will be implemented
- in the future. Please feel free to send suggestions regarding this program.
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- Usage: readnews [-c] [newsgroup]
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- The "-c" option checks all currently subscribed-to newsgroups and
- reports back with the number of new messages in each.
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- Upon startup, readnews performs a sanity check between the newsrc and active
- files. If a newsgroup is in the active file but not in the newsrc, the user is
- prompted to add this group as a new group. If the converse of this is true
- (i.e. a newsgroup is in the newsrc but not in the active file), then readnews
- will remove it from the newsrc and inform the user that a bogus group was
- found and removed.
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