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General RexxNews General Help
RexxNews is an NNTP client Newsreader written in REXX using the rxSock package
that is a part of the IBM Employee Written Software program.
It is a command driven news reader that attaches to a NNTP server to read and
post news on your OS/2 computer.
These are the RexxNews commands (you can type in just the capitalized portion):
Quit - quit and update newsrc
EXIT - quit without updating newsrc
Group - change to a particular group
Article - display an article
Next - advance to next article
Last - go back to last article
HEAD - display only the header of the current article
BODY - display only the body of the current article
NEWgroups - display groups created since last newsrc update
or since yymmdd hhmmss
SUbjects - display a list of subjects in current group
(all subjects or a range of articles)
AUthors - display a list of authors in current group
(all subjects or a range of articles)
DEtails - display information about the current group
SET - display various configuration items
SEArch - search headers in current group for a string
LIstgroups - Display and optionally subscribe to newsgroups
(can search newsgroup names for a string)
Time - show the current time and date
SHow - show the current NEWSRC file
OS - execute an operating system command
Post - post an article to a newsgroup
Mail - mail the current article to someone
Followup - post a follow-up to the current article
Reply - mail a message to the poster of the article
NEXTGroup - go to the next subscribed group with articles available
SUBScribe - subscribe to the current group
Unsubscribe - unsubscribe from the current group
SAVENewsrc - save the NEWSRC file
EDITnewsrc - edit the NEWSRC file within RexxNews
MARk - mark all articles in the current group as read
The commands can be abbreviated to the capitalized part. Some commands have
an alias such as 'd'isplay for article.
When the ---MORE--- prompt is displayed, the following keys can be used:
q - quit
u - up 1 screen
t - top
Pressing the enter key advances one line, any other key advances one screen.
You can find out more about most of the commands typing HELP command.
See HELP TOPICS for a list of currently available help files.