using pine for news

[Toby Fisher]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Danny Crone wrote:

> When using pine for reading news groups, how can I limit the messages to 
> the last 40, for example?  

I believe there's an option to do this in the config set-up, though I 
can't remember where.

> Also, if I unsubscribe from a group, how do I unsubscribe, and delete all 
> the messages at the same time?

That's easy, using your favourite text editor, open your .jnewsrc file, 
and remove the line containing the newsgroup you want rid of.

HTH

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