|R 3:NEWSRDR User's Guide<]ƖNEWSRDR_DOC N Contents  Figures  TablesB*QVAX DOCUMENT V2.2(`JXJendtitleopicJHJ0J0J< KspawnprocPJvieweWJ5HJ0ȋJ@(\setheadtabJ0erviewon( J JsetheadtabG(PJ ^8Jspawnproc3(J`JdeflistitemceHJ JJionJamex140@J(JJUUJ`JJJQJJ0erview`JXJ""}/ gCONTENTSCONTENTS8 E\TitlePageTitle Page@E\ CopyrightPageCopyright Page1xE\PrefacePreface V%%E\NewandChangedFeaturesNew and Changed FeaturesCw$K1UsingNEWSRDR1 Using NEWSRDRyw%< $K1.1/&KUsingNEWSRDRfortheFirstTime1.1 Using NEWSRDR for the First Timedl ,,$A1.1.1 Cancellinga Subscription1.1.1 Cancelling a Subscription Vw) $L1.2&LReadingNewNews1.2 Reading New News!`l**$A1.2.1 RedisplayinganArticle1.2.1 Redisplaying an Article$Vl%%$A1.2.2 FollowingaThread1.2.2 Following a Thread%Vl%%$A1.2.3ReadingbySubject1.2.3 Reading by Subject'Ww) $K1.3&KSkippingArticles1.3 Skipping Articles+w)? $K1.42&KMarkingArticlesforLater Reference1.4 Marking Articles for Later Reference/w+A $K1.54&K PermanentlyIgnoringTopicsorAuthors1.5 Permanently Ignoring Topics or Authors1bl++$@1.5.1RemovingIgnoreSettings1.5.1 Removing Ignore Settings6hw2 $L1.6%&LReadingSpecificArticles1.6 Reading Specific Articles8Sw' $K1.7&KSavingArticles1.7 Saving Articles=Ww) $K1.8&KPrintingArticles1.8 Printing Articles?dl ,,$@1.8.1 SpecifyingPRINTDefaults1.8.1 Specifying PRINT DefaultsCUw( $K1.9&KPostingArticles1.9 Posting ArticlesHSl##$@1.9.1FollowupArticles1.9.1 Followup ArticlesL\l(($A1.9.2 CancellinganArticle1.9.2 Cancelling an ArticleNbw/$K1.10!&KSendingMailMessages1.10 Sending Mail MessagesPWw)$K1.11&KProfileSettings1.11 Profile SettingsSM\  $@1.11.1PersonalName1.11.1 Personal NameTQ\""$@1.11.2ArticleHeaders1.11.2 Article HeadersVql&33$@1.11.3 AutomaticEditing,EditorName1.11.3 Automatic Editing, Editor NameXDl$A1.11.4 Signature1.11.4 Signature]Nw$$K1.12&K Subprocesses1.12 Subprocesses_Mw$$L1.13&LKeypadKeys1.13 Keypad Keys`sw#8$K1.14*&KSettingYourReply-ToAddress1.14 Setting Your Reply-To AddressaSw'$K1.15&KHeaderCaching1.15 Header Cachingcow!6$K1.16(&KMovingYourNEWSRDRProfile1.16 Moving Your NEWSRDR Profilef_w.$K1.17 &KUsingaNEWSRCFile1.17 Using a NEWSRC Filehhl"..$@1.17.1 Specifying NewsgroupOrder1.17.1 Specifying Newsgroup Orderm^))\PartIINCommand DescriptionsPart II Command Descriptionsn/gEKATTACHATTACHo+gEKBACKBACKv/gEKCANCELCANCEL{1gEKCURRENTCURRENT7g EK DEFINE/KEYDEFINE/KEY5g EL DIRECTORYDIRECTORYAgELDIRECTORY/GROUPDIRECTORY/GROUP+gEKEXITEXIT1gEKEXTRACTEXTRACT3g EKFOLLOWUPFOLLOWUP1gEKFORWARDFORWARD-gEKGROUPGROUP+gEKHELPHELP+gELMAILMAIL+gELNEXTNEXT+gEKPOSTPOST-gEKPRINTPRINT+gEKREADREAD-gEKREPLYREPLYNr  ELSETARCHIVE_DIRECTORYSET ARCHIVE_DIRECTORY1FrELSET AUTO_READ_NEWSET AUTO_READ_NEW7JrEKSETDIRECTORY_WIDTHSET DIRECTORY_WIDTH<4g EKSETEDITSET EDITCRr""EKSETFORCE_MAIL_PROTOCOLSET FORCE_MAIL_PROTOCOLM4g EKSETFORMSET FORMR:g ELSETHEADERSSET HEADERSX8g ELSETIGNORESET IGNORE_JrEKSETNEWGROUP_ACTIONSET NEWGROUP_ACTIONk8g ELSETNEWSRCSET NEWSRCqFrEKSET PERSONAL_NAMESET PERSONAL_NAMEx6r EKSETQUEUESET QUEUE6g EKSETREPLYSET REPLY4g EKSETSEENSET SEEN>gELSET SIGNATURESET SIGNATURE8g ELSETUNSEENSET UNSEEN+gEKSHOWSHOW-gEKSPAWNSPAWN-gEKSTORESTORE5g EK SUBSCRIBESUBSCRIBE9g EL UNSUBSCRIBEUNSUBSCRIBE/gELUPDATEUPDATE-gFIGURESFIGUREStl(44=ACMD-1Spawnededitorcommand procedureCMD- 1 Spawned editor command procedureL{+gTABLESTABLESJ\=@CMD-1HeadernamesCMD- 1 Header names]GpP* Copyright1992,1993MatthewD.Madison.'AllRights Reserved. ~AllRights Reserved.J  ONEWSRDRUser'sGuide@OApril,1993eNO{Thismanual describesNEWSRDR,an NNTP-basednewsreaderforOVMSsystems.xN'ORevision/Update Information:'^Thisisarevisedmanual.,{*O OperatingSystemandVersion:,^VAX/VMSV5.0orlater;OpenVMS%^AlphaAXPV1.0orlater]3OSoftwareVersion:^NEWSRDRV4.2^ J  O OO 23April1993jO Permissionisgrantedtocopyand redistributethisdocumentforno commercialgain.jOVThe informationinthisdocumentissubjecttochangewithoutnoticeandshouldnotfObe construedasa commitmentbytheauthor.(TheauthorassumesnoresponsibilityBOforanyerrorsthatmayappearinthis document.Ou DISCLAIMER:WuTheauthorandTGV,Inc.'makenorepresentationsor warrantieswithgOrespecttothecontentshereofand specificallydisclaimanyimplied warrantiesofFOmerchantabilityorfitnessforany particularpurpose.OOThe followingare trademarksofDigital Equipment Corporation: OAXP 3DECOpenVMS OVAX 3VMS@O MultiNetisa registered trademarkofTGV,Inc. O, POq  Copyright1992,1993MatthewD.Madison.'AllRights Reserved.*    "OPrefaceDOUSENETnewsisnow pervasiveevenamongVMSusers.LOThereareseveral news-related utilities availableforVMS,MOXsomeofwhichprovidefulllocalstorageofnewsandUUCPJOprotocolsupport,andsomeofwhichprovide emulationofIO variousnetworknewsreaders availableforUNIXsystems.  NQOWiththeadventofNNTP,itbecomeseasiertogainaccesstoKOUSENETnewsbyusingonelocalsystemtostorenewsand?O5using ``remote''newsreadersonothersystems.R ! (DOTheNEWSRDRutilityprovidesan interfacetoUSENETJOnewsthatshouldbemorefamiliartoVMSusers.'NEWSRDRMO5attemptstofollowthe conventionsoftheVMSMAILutilityMOinits presentationandcommand structurewhenever possible.   OIntendedAudienceGOUThismanualisintendedforallusersoftheNEWSRDRKOutilityandsystemmanagers responsiblefor installingandOsettingupNEWSRDR." ODocument StructureHOUThisdocumentconsistsoftwoparts.0ThefirstbrieflyHO describeshowtouseNEWSRDR.Thesecond describesall1OoftheNEWSRDRcommandsindetail.0! )ORelated DocumentsFOUThereaderisassumedtoknow somethingaboutUSENETMOnews,andshouldprobablyhaveasa referenceInternetRFCO1036,:"Standardfor InterchangeofUSENETMessages,whichLO^explainsthe structureofUSENETnews articles.'Thesystem0OmanagershouldalsohaveRFC977,!NetworkNewsTransferOProtocol3j,which describesNNTPnewsservice. %ONew!and!Changed!FeaturesEO{NEWSRDRV4.2includesthe followingnewfeaturesand,Ochangesoverprevious versions:/ !   `m;mAdded CURRENT/EDIT,toallowviewingoftheBcurrentarticleusingthetexteditor.0Alsoadded:CURRENT/FULL_HEADERS,todisplaythearticle2wwithall availableheaders included. `:AddedSET[NO]AUTO_READ_NEW.Bydefaultthe<OREAD/NEW commands,whentheyrunoutofnewHarticlesina newsgroup,visitthenext newsgroupthatEhasnewarticlesand immediatelyshowyouthefirst@Yunseenarticle.'WhenNOAUTO_READ_NEWisset,theAREAD/NEWcommandsreturnyoutotheNews>prompt/ whentheyvisitanew newsgroup. `@Added remaininglines informationtothe``PressBRETURNformore''messageatthebottomofpaged: displays. `7AddednewsystemlogicalNEWSRDR_DISABLE_< USER_REPLY_TOtoallowthesystemmanagertoHjpreventusersfromsettingtheirownReply-To addresses5withtheNEWSRDR_REPLY_TOlogicalname. `B=BAdded/NEW qualifierto READ/THREAD,toallow=readingonlyunseenarticleswithinathread. `GAddedsomesmartstoaddress-parsingroutinessoifaHsuserentersanaddressprefixedwiththeMAILprotocol>string(likeSMTP%"user@host"),NEWSRDRextracts'$ theaddressout correctly. ` = Added/MAIL qualifiertoSET PERSONAL_NAMEtoE allowuserstohavetheirpersonalnameforNEWSRDRHT bethesameastheirVMSMAILpersonalname.(Thisis? nowthedefaultsettingfornewNEWSRDRusers. `, A, Addedsupportforlocatingnew newsgroupsinthe= absenceofsupportfor NEWGROUPSontheNNTP4 server./AlsoaddedSETNEWGROUP_ACTIONA6 commandtoallowuserstoget subscribedtonewJ  newsgroupsautomatically,ortobepromptedto subscribe. ` ? Added automatic, transparentserver reconnection. ` G AddedanewlogicalnametoallowsystemmanagerstoI setupaccountsthathave read-onlyaccesstonews(no> posting). `7AddedtheSETFORCE_MAIL_PROTOCOLcommandHtoforceallmailtogothroughtheVMSMAILforeignFnprotocolhandler,evenwhenanaddressappearstobelocal.!OChangesMadeinV4.1EOUNEWSRDRV4.1includedthe followingnewfeaturesandOchangesoverV4.0:p zF `mImTheprogramhasbeen retro-fittedtobe compatiblewithVMSV5.0andV5.1. `EEEThe/THREAD qualifiercannowbeusedwiththeSETUNSEENcommand. `GAnew qualifier, /SUBJECT,hasbeenaddedtotheSETAvSEENandSETUNSEEN commands.(This qualifiercanHbeusedtomarkarticleswithsubjectlines containingF'specifictext.-VMSwildcardpatternscanbeusedfor matching. `BAnew qualifier,/CROSS_REFERENCES,hasbeenadded?WtotheSETSEENandSETUNSEEN commands.*ThisI qualifiercausestheXrefheaderineachmarkedarticleQtobelookedupandallarticleslistedthereintobemarkedaalso.PORevisionbars,liketheoneinthemargin, highlightthenew5Ofeaturesandchangesinthis document. #  ! !OChangesMadeinV4.0IOUNEWSRDRV4.0 incorporatedthe followingnewfeaturesand,Ochangesfromprevious releases:  ^  `mKmTheentireprogramhasbeen rewritteninC,andrunson;bothVAX/VMSandOpenVMSAlphaAXPsystems. `EBETheSETNEWSRCcommandhasbeenadded,forusersDwhouseothernewsreadersinadditiontoNEWSRDR.FNEWSRDRwillusethecontentsofthenewsrcfiletoCOmaintain subscriptionstatusand article-seenstatusHforall newsgroups,andtocontroltheorderinwhich# newsgroupsarevisited. `?TheSETQUEUEandSETFORMcommandshavebeenKadded,whichallowtheusertospecifythedefaultprint90queueandformtouseonPRINT commands. `7TheSETDIRECTORY_WIDTHcommandhasbeenIadded,toallowtheusertocontrolthewidthsoftheCaFromandSubjectfields displayedbythe DIRECTORY@command.1In addition, zerofieldwidthsarenow supported. `>The DIRECTORYcommanddisplaynowincludesthePnumberoflinesinthearticle(if available),andnolonger&Bdisplaysignored articles. `7 READ/NEXT/NEWnow behaves correctlyafter@manuallychanginggroupswiththeGROUPcommand. `IAmessage displayingthegroupname, available articles,Jandunseenarticlecountisnowproducedwhenthegroup:K ischangedwithGROUPorbyREAD/NEXT/NEW. ` E AuserwithSETPRVorSYSNAM privilegecanoverrideA" the system-wideNEWSRDR_SERVERsettingforherselfL{ bydefiningthatlogicalnameintheprocesslogicalname table. `S NS Youcannowuseadottorefertothecurrentarticlein8 thosecommandswhichtakearticleranges. `+ E+ The/GOTO qualifierhasbeenaddedtothe SUBSCRIBE< command,whichmakesthe subscribed newsgroup current. `[ K[ The/SORT qualifierhasbeenaddedtotheDIRECTORY/GROUPH commandtocausethegrouplistingtobe displayedinI  alphabeticalorder(onlyneededwithuser-specifiedgroupe ordering). `1Otherminor improvementsandfixes. f_UiNote f_;Duetotherewrite, thecharacter-conversionBF interfacehaschanged.+PleaserefertotheKANJI_8 CONVERSIONmoduleincludedintheNEWSRDR- distributionkitasanexample. BGi 9?O 1.2Using!NEWSRDRJONEWSRDRisdesignedtobeexecutedasaVMS ``foreign''KOcommand.'Tosetupthecommandsymbol,youneedtoknowGOBwheretheNEWSRDR executableimageislocatedfortheOcommand: O  $*  NEWSRDR%:==&$disk:[dir]NEWSRDRz}JOOncethesymbolissetup,youcaninvokeNEWSRDRwithOthecommand: Oa $a NEWSRDR;OThe NEWSRDR command can take one qualifier:>O /[NO]UPDATE.Thedefaultis /UPDATE=FULL,whichCO5causesNEWSRDRtoobtain informationfromtheNNTPGOserveraboutall available newsgroups..YoucanspecifyBO/UPDATE=PARTIAL,whichhasthesameeffectasthe@O>UPDATE/PARTIALcommand,or /NOUPDATE,tohaveno"Oupdatesoccuratall.L! "HOYoucanalsospecify /UPDATE=BOTH,whichcausesafullPOupdatetooccur, immediatefollowedbyapartialupdate.'ThisRO5maybeneededatsomesiteswherethenewsserver's ``active''NOfileisnotkept up-to-datewiththe low-boundarticlenum-QOberforits newsgroups.(Ifyouget extraneous``new articles''CO>messageswiththedefaultNEWSRDRupdate behaviour,COusing /UPDATE=BOTHshould eliminatethose extraneousO messages.S c4O1.1BUsingNEWSRDRfortheFirstTimeEOUIfyouhaveneverusedNEWSRDRbefore,NEWSRDRwillMOinformyouthatitcannotfindaNEWSRDRprofileandthatHOitwillcreateoneforyou.-YourNEWSRDRprofilecon-LO^tains informationaboutwhicheditoryouusefor composingMO messages,whicharticleheadersyouwishtoseewhenread-KOing articles,andwhich newsgroupsyouare subscribedto.ROhItisbydefaultplacedinyourlogin directoryandiscalledONEWSRDR_PROFILE.NRPF. WOTostartreadingnews,thefirstthingyouwillneedtodoistoKO subscribetooneormore newsgroups.*IfyoualreadyknowKO5what newsgroupsare availableandwhichonesyouwanttoGO subscribeto,youcanusethe SUBSCRIBEcommandright0Oawaytosubcribetothosegroups:Ok News>//k SUBSCRIBE% newsgroup&[,newsgroup...]LOYoucanuse wildcardsinthe newsgroupnamesto subscribeFOtoa collectionof newsgroupswithasinglecommand.! zVOIfyouwanttolookatthelistof available newsgroups,usetheOcommand:Oa News>/a DIRECTORY/GROUP/ALLrHLOOnceyouhave subscribedtothe newsgroupsyouareinter-KOestedin,youshouldnextusetheEXITcommandtoleaveGO5NEWSRDRandsaveyour subscription informationinyourKOprofile.)WhenyounextstartNEWSRDR,you'llbereadytoObeginreadingnews. ,O1.1.1B Cancellinga Subscription@O4The UNSUBSCRIBEcommand(formatthesameasforJO SUBSCRIBE,above)isusedtocancela subscriptiontoaO newsgroup.^ <!!O1.2BReadingNewNewsIOUOnceyouhave subscribedtosome newsgroups, informationLOaboutwhicharticlesyouhaveseeninthose newsgroupsis;OstoredinyourNEWSRDRprofile.'ThecommandO News>/ READ/NEW!"ROisusedtostartreadingnewsarticlesyouhavenotyetseen.JOThiscommandisexecutedbydefaultifyousimplypressAO5RETURNatthefirstNEWSRDRcommandprompt,muchOlikeVMSMAIL.#aLONewsarticlesare presentedina page-by-pageformat,alsoIOlikeVMSMAIL.Atthebottomofeachpage,thenumber:O5of remaininglinesinthearticleandthe # 5message``PressFORETURNfor more...''.willappear.-SimplypressingtheMORETURNkeywillcausethenextpageofthearticletobeSO> displayed.)Ifyouwishtoskiptothenextunseenarticle,youBOcanusethe READ/NEXT/NEW(orjustNEXT)command.NOAttheendofeacharticle,justpressingRETURNwillhave9OHthesameeffectasenteringREAD/NEXT/NEW.$*O1.2.1B RedisplayinganArticleFO4TheCURRENTcommandisusedto redisplaythearticleKOyouare currentlyviewingfromthe beginning.+Ifthear-HOticleisencodedwiththeROT13cipher (sometimesdoneOO=forarticles containing potentially sensitiveor offensivema-JOterial),youcanreadtheencodedtextwiththecommandOCURRENT/ROTATE.%*%O1.2.2B FollowingaThreadFO4YoucanusetheREADcommandtofollowa discussionLOthreadwithina newsgroup.&Whilereadinganarticle,enterO News>/ READ/THREAD2&! IOtocauseNEWSRDRtoscanforwardthroughthe newsgroup,QO displayingthosearticlesthatcontainthesamesubjectastheMO5articleyouare currentlyreading.+Oncestarted,justpressGORETURNtocontinuereadingthethread.*WhentherearePOnomorearticleswithmatchingsubjectlines,thecurrentar-WO>ticleissetbacktothefirstarticleinthethread,soyoucan3Ocontinuereadingwhereyouleftoff.y' O%O1.2.3BReadingbySubjectUO4Ifyouwishtoreadarticlesonagroupoftopics,youcanuseGOthe READ/SUBJECTcommandtospecifyoneormorewild-IOcardpatternstomatchsubjectheaders.+ForexampletheO=command,O News>$/ READ/SUBJECT=(*DEC*,*VAX*)( NGOwouldcauseNEWSRDRtoscanforwardthroughthenews-OOgroup, displayingthosearticleswhosesubjectheaderscontainO5``DEC''or``VAX''.q)! +GROOncethefirstmatchingarticleis displayed,justpressingtheLORETURNkeywillpagethroughthearticleandcontinuetheSO5subjectscanusingthesame patterns.&Ifyoudon'twanttosee1Oanentirearticle,usethecommandO News>/ READ/SUBJECT<* OOtomoveaheadtothenextmatchingarticle.'Onceallmatch-ROingarticleshavebeenfound,thepatternsareclearedandtheSO5currentarticleissetbacktowhereyouwerebeforedoingtheOfirst READ/SUBJECT.K+ i!O1.3BSkippingArticlesPOUIfyouhavejust subscribedtoa particularlybusy newsgroup,QOyoumaywishtoskipoverallthearticlesalreadypostedtoNOthe newsgroupandreadonlythosethatarepostedfromnowO^on.'ThecommandO News>// SET%SEEN%[/ALL]%[article-range...], aPOcanbeusedtomarkarticlesina newsgroupas ``seen'',soHOtheywillnotshowupwhenyouuse READ/NEW.YoucanTO5specify/ALLtomarkall availablearticlesasseen,oryoucanROspecifythearticlestobemarkedbynumber(oruseadottoTOrefertothecurrent article).(Arangeofarticlescanbespec-UO>ifiedbygivingthenumberofthefirstandlastarticleintheJOrange separatedbyahyphen(suchas ``23-45''.,MultipleIOnumbersorrangescanbegivenby separatingthemwithOHcommas.-POYoucanalsouseSETSEENtoskipovera collectionofar-LOticlesrelatedtoonetopic..Whenreadinganarticle,theO5commandO News>/ SET% SEEN/THREAD. NSOcanbeusedtoskipallfurtherarticlesinthe newsgroupwithOOsubjecttextthatcontainsthesubjectofthearticleyou'reO5 currentlyreading.3t/J7O1.4BMarkingArticlesforLater ReferenceQOUIfyouhavereadanarticleoragroupofarticlesthatyouPOwanttocomebacktolater,youcanmarkthearticles``un-2Oseen''withtheSETUNSEENcommand:O News>1/ SET%UNSEEN&[/ALL]%[article-range...]0 {QOIfyoudon'tspecify/ALLoranyarticlenumbers,thecurrent*Oarticleismarked ``unseen''.m19O1.5B PermanentlyIgnoringTopicsorAuthorsLOUIfyouwishtofollowa newsgroupbutarenot interestedNOina particulartopicbeing discussedinthe newsgroup,youFOcanusetheSETIGNOREcommandto permanentlyignoreGO^articleswithsubjectlines containing particulartext:O News>4/ SET%IGNORE& [/GLOBAL]%/SUBJECT="pattern"2! ^ OThepattern:youspecifycancontainVMS wildcards.+AnyKOarticlesinthe newsgroupwithsubjectsmatchingthepat-QO5ternwill automaticallybeskippedandmarked ``seen''.'IfyouMOwishtoignorematchingarticlesinany newsgroup,usetheO/GLOBAL qualifier.*3NOIfyouwishtoignorearticlespostedbya particularper-MOson,ratherthanabouta particularsubject,usethe/FROM%O5 qualifieronSETIGNORE:O News>1/ SET%IGNORE& [/GLOBAL]%/FROM="pattern"4jNOAnyarticlewithaFromlinematchingthe specifiedpatternOwillbeignored.5 NNOYoucanalsoignorearticlesthatare cross-postedtonews-JOgroupsyouaren't interestedinbyusingthe /NEWSGROUPS%O5 qualifieronSETIGNORE.6 }+O1.5.1BRemovingIgnoreSettingsIO4IgnoresettingsarekeptinyourNEWSRDRprofile.+AfterMOa particularthreadorauthorhasdieddown,youmaywishNOtoremovetheignoresettingsfora newsgroupwiththeSETO=NOIGNOREcommand:O News>C/ SET%NOIGNORE% [/GLOBAL]& [/FROM="pat"]%[/SUBJECT="pat"]7 ROYoucanfindoutwhattheignoresettingsareforthecurrent6O newsgroupwiththeSHOWIGNOREcommand."8*O1.6BReadingSpecificArticlesIOUToreada particulararticleina particular newsgroup,HOyoufirsthavetoselectthe newsgroupwiththeGROUPOcommand:O News>/ [GROUP]& groupname 9! LO(NotethatthewordGROUPis optional.))YoucanthenuseMOtheREADcommand, specifyingthenumberofthearticleyouO5wishtoread:O News>/ [READ]% articlenumber: +SO(NotethatthewordREADis optional.)'IfyouarenotsureofGOthearticlenumber,youcanusethe DIRECTORYcommandQO5toobtainalistingof articles, includingthearticlenumber,MOaddressofthearticleposter,andsubjectofthearticle:O News>9/ DIRECTORY%[/SEEN]% [/UNSEEN]%[article-number];! hIOIfyouspecifyanarticlenumberonthe DIRECTORYcom-POmand,the directorylistingbeginswiththe specifiedarticle.NO5 Otherwise,the directorylistingbeginswiththearticleyouTOare currentlyreading,or,ifyouhaven'treadany articles,the-Ofirstarticleinthe newsgroup.<hOO Directorylistingsare presentedinapagedformatjustlikeOnews articles.A!= KO1.7BSavingArticlesWOUYoucansavethetextofanyarticleorrangeofarticlesintoa1OVMSfilewiththeEXTRACTcommand:O2 News>A/2 EXTRACT& [/[NO]APPEND]% [file-spec]%[article-range...]>ROIfyouomitthe file-spec,thefilenamedefaultstothecur-KOrent newsgroupname(withspecial characters translatedtoHO5 underscores),and/APPENDisturnedonbydefault.,YouQOcanspecifyasinglearticlebynumberoranentirerangeorOOarticles(seethe descriptionofSETSEEN,above,forade-NO> scriptionofarticleranges).(MultiplenumbersorrangescanPObe specified, separatedbycommas.)IfyoudonotspecifyanyVOarticlenumberatall,thecurrentarticleiscopiedtothefile.SOHYoumustspecifya file-specifyouwanttospecifyanarticleOrange. ? K!O1.8BPrintingArticlesTOUYoucansendanyarticleorrangeofarticlestoaprintqueue$OwiththePRINTcommand:O2 News>#/2 PRINT%[article-range...]@ WROYoucanspecifyasinglearticlebynumberoranentirerangeSOorarticles(seethe descriptionofSETSEEN,above,forade-NO5 scriptionofarticleranges).(MultiplenumbersorrangescanPObe specified, separatedbycommas.)IfyoudonotspecifyanyUOarticlenumberatall,thecurrentarticleisaddedtotheprintO>job.]A3KOAsingleprintjobis maintainedbyNEWSRDRforallar-ROticlestobeprinted.*Theprintjobisreleasedwhenyouexit>O5NEWSRDRoryouusethe PRINT/NOWcommand.+YouFOcancancelapendingprintjobwiththe PRINT/CANCELOcommand.B NKOThePRINTcommandhasseveraloptionsfor controllingtheMOprintjob;seethecompletecommand descriptionforfurtherO5 information.C*,O1.8.1B SpecifyingPRINTDefaultsKO4YoucandefineadefaultprintqueuewiththeSETQUEUEOcommand:O News> / SET%QUEUE% queue-nameDwQOThiswilldirect subsequentprintjobstothe specifiedqueue,&Oratherthanto SYS$PRINT.EzTOYoucanalsodefinethedefaultformtobeusedforprintjobsOwithSETFORM:Oa News>/a SET%FORM% form-nameFWEOUseSETNOFORMtoreverttousingthequeue'sformOdefault.GNPOBothofthesesettingscanbe overriddenbyusingtheappro-JOpriate qualifiersonthePRINTcommand.)Thesettingsare,O5savedinyourNEWSRDRprofile. H K O1.9BPostingArticlesPOUThePOSTcommandisusedtopostanarticletooneormoreO newsgroups:O2 News>A/2 POST&[/EDIT]%[/[NO]SUBJECT="subject"]&[groupname...]I! UOIfyouomitthe``groupname'',thearticleispostedtothecur-POrent newsgroup.(The/EDIT qualifierisusedtoinvokeatextQO5editortocomposethearticle(seethe descriptionoftheSETHOcommand,below).*The/SUBJECT qualifiercanbeusedtoXOspecifyoromitasubjectlineforthearticle.(IfyoudonotuseMO>the/SUBJECT qualifier,youwillbepromptedforasubjectOline.J WPOOnceyouhavebeenpromptedforthetextofyournewsarti-WOcle,orifediting,youhavesavedthearticletextwiththetextWO5editor,youwillbeaskedifyoureallywanttopostthearticle.QOIfyouanswer``yes'',orjustpresstheRETURNkey,thear-YOticlewillbeposted.'Ifyouanswer``no'',thearticlewillnotbeO>posted.K NXOIfyoudecidenottopostanarticle,orthearticlepostingfailsSOforsomereason,youwillbegiventhe opportunitytokeepthe=O5file containingthearticletextyouentered.L #O1.9.1BFollowupArticlesWO4Afollowuparticleisareplytoaspecificarticlewhichcanei-TOtherbepostedormailedtotheauthoroftheoriginalarticle.NOYoumustbereadinganarticletosendareply.*REPLY(orHO= FOLLOWUP)commandisusedtocomposeandsendreplies:O News>O/ REPLY%[/MAIL]&[/POST]%[/EDIT]% [/NOEXTRACT]%[/[NO]SUBJECT="text"]M! aNOByusingthe/POSTand/MAIL qualifiers,youcanpostyourVOreplytothe newsgroup,senditbymail,orboth.'IfyoudonotNO5specify/MAILor/POST,thereplyisposted.)The/EDITandIO/SUBJECT qualifiersmeanthesameasforthePOSTcom-ROmand.)Ifyouuseaneditortocomposethereply,thetextofRO>theoriginalarticleis automaticallyplacedinthereply(pre-NOfixedwith greater-thansigns)beforetheeditorisinvoked.LOThe /NOEXTRACT qualifiercanbeusedtopreventthisfromOH occurring.0N (O1.9.2B CancellinganArticleMO4Ifyoupostanarticlethatyouwishyouhadn't,youcanNOhavethearticleremovedfromthenewssystembyusingtheOCANCELcommand:Oi News>/i CANCEL%[artnum]ONKOYoumusteitherspecifythearticlenumberorbereadingPOthearticleyouwishtocancelinordertoissuetheCANCELO5command.eP ;'O1.10CSendingMailMessagesGOUYoucanusetheMAIL(orSEND)commandtosendmes-POsagestootherusers,whichhasmuchthesameformatasthe'OSENDcommandinVMSMAIL:O News>G/ MAIL&[/EDIT]%[/TO=(address...)]&[/SUBJECT="subj"]&[fspec]tQ JFOTheonly differencebetweenthiscommandandtheVMSHOMAILSENDcommandistheuseofthe/TO qualifiertoSO5specifythedestination(s)ofthemailmessage.'IfyouomittheRO/TO qualifier,youwillbepromptedforthe address(es)oftheO recipient(s).R! aO Note?*thatmail addresseswithinNEWSRDRareNOTtheHOsameasforVMSMAIL,butare addressesusedbyyourIO5Internetmailer.+Forexample,ifyouusePMDF's``IN%''MOprefixtodirectmailtoInternet addressesfromVMSMAIL,Oyouwould not8]usethatprefixinNEWSRDR;NEWSRDRwillNO>tacktheprefixontotheaddressforyou automaticallywhenFOsendingyourmessagethroughVMSMAIL.YoualsoneedNOtouse quotationmarksaround addressesonlyifyouspecifyBOHthemwiththe/TO qualifierontheMAILcommand.( _O1.12C Subprocesses>OUNEWSRDRprovidesSPAWNandATTACHcommandsforFOcreatingandmovingamong subprocesses.)ThesecommandsDOare patternedaftertheir counterpartsinVMSMAIL. !`! O1.13CKeypadKeys@OUNEWSRDRprovidesa DEFINE/KEYcommandfordefin-COingkeystoperformNEWSRDR commands.(ThiscommandJOisalso patternedafterits counterpartinVMSMAIL.InMO^ addition,youcancreateafile containinga collectionofCO DEFINE/KEYcommandstobeloadedeachtimeNEWSRDRPOis executed.'Thefileshouldbeplacedinyour SYS$LOGINdi-BOhrectoryandshouldbecalledNEWSRDR_KEYDEFS.NRKEY.MOAlternatively,youcanplacethekey definitionsinanotherNOfileandassignthenameofthatfiletothelogicalnameOrNEWSRDR_KEYDEFS.! "!a U0O1.14CSettingYourReply-ToAddressQOU Typically,whenyoupostanarticle,the``From''addressthatTOisenteredinthearticleisusedtoaddressE-mailforrepliesSOthataremaileddirectlytoyou.(IfyouprefertohaverepliesPO^senttoa differentE-mailaddress,youcandefinealogical=Oname containingyour preferredE-mailaddress: O< $7< DEFINE%NEWSRDR_REPLY_TO&"username@hostname"bVJONosyntaxcheckingis performedonthisaddress,soyouMOmustspecifyyouraddress carefully.+Also,pleasenotethatIO5somesystemsdonotusetheReply-ToheadertoaddressOreplies. _UNote _?Yoursystemmanagercanpreventyoufromusingthisfeature. : #R w"!#qc hGO1.15CHeaderCaching:OUSomeNEWSRDR commands,suchas READ/THREAD,KOrequireaccesstoarticleheadersfortheir operation..ToJOcutdownonnetworkandnewsserverload,and generallyHO^improve performanceovermultipleusesoftheseheader-IO intensive commands,articleheadersarecachedinmemoryIObyNEWSRDRwhentheyare retrievedfromtheserver.(ByNOhdefault,upto128setsofheadersmaybecachedatonce.MOHowever,youcancontroltheheadercachesizebydefining?OthelogicalnameNEWSRDR_HEADER_CACHE_SIZEtobeJOrthemaximumnumberofsetsofheadersyouwishtohave Ocached.'Forexample: OO $0O DEFINE%NEWSRDR_HEADER_CACHE_SIZE&256d`NOThiswillcauseNEWSRDRtoholdupto256setsofarticleOheaders.be 8NOPleasenotethattheheadercacheworksona per-groupba-ROsisonly.(ThismeansthatitworksbestwhenyoudoallyourOO5workinonegroupatatime,ratherthanjumpingaroundtoIO different newsgroups,readingafewarticlesatatime.#"$f! U.O1.16CMovingYourNEWSRDRProfileGOUBydefault,NEWSRDRexpectsyourprofiletobecalledCONEWSRDR_PROFILE.NRPFandtobelocatedinyourlo-ROgin directory.(YoucanalterthisbydefiningthelogicalnameLO^NEWSRDR_PROFILEtobethefullfile specificationforyourONEWSRDRprofile: O< $,< DEFINE%NEWSRDR_PROFILE% file-specgGOAddthelogicalname definitiontoyourlogincommandJO proceduretohaveittakeeffecteachtimeyoulogin. $#%h&O1.17CUsingaNEWSRCFileKOUBydefault,all informationabout newsgroupsyou subscribeROtoandthearticlesyouhaveseeninthosegroupsiskeptinEOyourNEWSRDRprofile.,Youmay additionallyhavethatNO^ informationstoredina ``newsrc''file.)Therearetwomain/Oreasonsforusinganewsrcfile:i! hIOm1.JYouuseanothernewsreaderbesidesNEWSRDRandyouMwanttobeabletouseeitherandmaintainthesamesub-Gscription/article informationforboth.+Mostothernews5wreadersuseanewsrcfilebydefault.UO2.JYouwanttobeabletocontroltheorderinwhichyouvisit5O newsgroupsduringyourNEWSRDRsession.jzMOYouspecifytheuseofanewsrcfilewiththeSETNEWSRCOcommand:Oa News>6/a SET%NEWSRC& [file-spec]&[/SUBSCRIBED_ONLY]k WPOIfyouomitthe file-spec,itdefaultstoSYS$LOGIN:XX.NEWSRC.>O Specifyingthe/SUBSCRIBED_ONLY qualifiercausesEO5NEWSRDRtoincludeonlythe newsgroupsyou subscribePOtointhenewsrcfile;bydefault,all newsgroupsarelistedJO(for compatibilitywithothernews readers).,UsetheSET?O>NONEWSRCtodisabletheuseofanewsrcfile.l xFONEWSRDRreadsinyournewsrcfileafterreadingyourJONEWSRDRprofile,andupdatesthe subscriptionandarticleIO5 information.(Onexiting,NEWSRDRupdatesthenewsrcfileLOafterupdatingyourNEWSRDRprofile.'Itwillnot overwriteSOanexistingnewsrcfile,butwillinsteadcreateanewversion.m! .O1.17.1C Specifying NewsgroupOrderUO4ThenewsrcfileisaplaintextfilewhichcanbemodifiedwithKOanyVMStexteditor.+YoucanspecifytheorderinwhichKONEWSRDRvisits newsgroupsby rearrangingthelinesintheTO=newsrcfile.'BecarefulnottochangethecontentsofthelinesIOasyou rearrangethem;onlynewsreaderprogramsshouldOmakesuchchanges.m%$&Sn))OPartII7Command DescriptionsR&%':oOATTACH*pqAMOSwitchescontrolofyourterminalfromyourcurrentprocess3O(toanotherprocessinthesamejob.rSpOFormat Os ATTACHN[process-name]OCommand QualifiersDefaultsO:/PARENTs =O ParametersOs process-nameOONameoftheprocesstowhichthe connectionistobemade.QO$Theprocessmustbeinthesamejobasyourcurrentprocess.Mt #O DescriptionHOsThiscommandisaparalleltotheDCLATTACHcommand.POItallowsyoutotransferyourterminaltoanother subprocessRO$inyourjobbyname,ordirectlytotheprocesswhichcreated$O|yourcurrent subprocess.Ou%O QualifiersOs/PARENTNO Specifiesthatyourterminalshouldbeattachedtothepro-MO$cessthatcreatedthe subprocesstowhichyourterminalisQO| currently attached.)ThisisthedefaultifnoprocessnameisO specified.C('):{OCANCEL*|} AbQOCancelsanarticlebysendingacancelcontrolmessagetotheO(server.T~*OFormatOs CANCELN[artnum]) O ParametersOsartnumTOArticlenumberofthearticletobe cancelled.(Ifnot specified,QO$thecurrentarticleis cancelled.(Youshouldonlycancelthose6O|articlesforwhichyouaretheauthor.! 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UO/THREADEO(CausesNEWSRDRtoscanforwardthroughthe newsgroupROuntilitfindsanotherarticlewiththesamesubject.& ContinuedOOuseof READ/THREADcanbeusedtoviewallarticlesononeQO2subject, followingthethreadof conversation.(IftherearenoIOmorearticlesinthethread,NEWSRDRdisplaysamessageSOandthecurrentarticleisresetbacktothefirstarticleyou O<readinthethread. # ;DOThe/NEW qualifiercanbeusedwith READ/THREADto8Oviewonlyunseenarticlesinthethread. # 8799OREPLY*  A}QOPostsa follow-uparticleand/orsendsareplymessagetothe,O(authorofthecurrentarticle.![OFormat!Os REPLYM[group-name,...]OCommand QualifiersDefaults#O:/DISTRIBUTION=(dist...)O| /[NO]EDITO /[NO]EXTRACT#O/FOLLOWUP_TO=(group...)OD/MAILO/POSTO /[NO]SELFO /[NO]SIGNATURE%OM/[NO]SUBJECT="subject-text"O/TO=(user-spec...)"O ParametersOs group-nameIOThenameofthe newsgrouptowhichthe follow-uparti-LO$cleshouldbeposted.,ThegroupsyouspecifyoverridetheJO|groupslistedinthe Followup-Toor Newsgroupsheaderof6Othemessagetowhichyouare replying.POpIfyouarenotpostingyour follow-uparticle,this parameterOisignored.#PO DescriptionJOsThiscommandisusedtocomposeandpostand/ormailaQO follow-uparticletothearticle currentlybeingread.)JustasLO$fortheMAILandPOST commands,youcanuseatextedi-NO|tortocomposethemessage,orbepromptedforthemessageMOtext.*Onceyouhavefinishedenteringthemessage,youareMO-askedtoconfirmthesendingofthereply.*Once confirmed,OOthe follow-upmessageissenttotheNNTPservertobeen-KOteredintothe newsgroupand/orsentthroughtheInternet"O7mailertotheauthor.$ oPOForpostedreplies,ifyoudonotspecifyoneormoregroupHOnamesontheREPLYcommand,the``Followup-to:''(headerLO5intheoriginalarticle determinesthe newsgroupstowhichSOthe follow-upisposted.'Ifthereisno``Followup-to:''(header,NOthe follow-uparticleis automaticallyenteredintothesameNO> newsgroup(s)astheoriginalarticle.*Ifthe``Followup-to:''TOheader specifiestheword ``poster,''thenthereplywillnotbeHOpostedandwillinsteadbetreatedasamailedreply.=%! SOFormailedreplies,the ``Reply-to:'''headerintheoriginalar-ROitcle determinesthe destinationofthereplymessage.'IfthereRO5isno ``Reply-to:''(header,theaddressinthe ``From:'''headerOisusedinstead.&! _O Qualifiers(Os/DISTRIBUTION=(dist-name...)ROThis qualifiercanbeusedtorestrictthe distributionoftheWO$articletoa particulararea.'Ifnot specified,no restrictionsareQO|placedonthe article's distribution.'Typical distributionnames)Oare"usa","na","ny",etc.'\O /[NO]EDITNO( Specifying/EDITcausesatexteditortobeinvokedsotheQOarticletextcanbeeditedbeforebeingsent.*Thedefaultac-KOtionforthis qualifieris determinedbythecurrentSETHO2EDITsetting(seetheSETcommand descriptionformoreO information).<( UO /[NO]EXTRACTSO(Ifatexteditorisusedtocomposethe follow-upmessage,theNOcurrentarticletextis automatically extractedwithgreater-UOthansignsplacedinfrontofeachlineoftext,tobeusedasGO2partofthereply.,Youcanusethe /NOEXTRACTquali-KOfiertopreventthis extractionfrom occurring.-NotethatPO/EXTRACThasnoeffectifyoudonotuseatexteditorfor$O< composingthe follow-up.O)K%#O/FOLLOWUP_TO=(group...)PO(This qualifiercanbeusedtoredirectany followupstothisROarticletobepostedtothe specified newsgroup(s).)Bydefault,NO followupsarepostedtothesame newsgroup(s)asthepostedO2article.$*O/MAILSO( SpecifiesthatthereplyistobemailedtotheauthoroftheLOoriginalmessage.+Ifneither/MAILnor/POSTis specified,LO/POSTisassumed.'Areplymaybebothmailedandposted.+! 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KR'O/[NO]SUBJECT[="subject-text"]LO(The/SUBJECT qualifiercanbeusedtospecifythesubjectIOforthemessageonthecommandline.'Use /NOSUBJECTtoPOomitasubjectfromthemessage altogether.)Ifnot specified,FO2thesubjectofthemessageis determinedasfollows:D/ @ `mPmIfthereisnosubjectlineintheoriginalmessage,ortheTsubjectlineisthetext ``(none)'',nosubjectisaddedtothemessage. `JIfthesubjectlineintheoriginalmessagebeginswithO``Re:'')(upperorlowercase),itiscopiedverbatimtothe(Onew message'ssubjectline. `O Otherwise,thenewsubjectlineistheoriginalsubjectline3'with``Re:'''addedatthe beginning.0 O/TO=("user-spec"...)RO(The/TO qualifiercanbeusedtospecifythe destinationusersLOforthemessage,whenthereplyistobemailed.(Iftheuser-OspecLincludesanat-sign(``@''),themessagewillbesentviaRO2yourInternetmailsystem; otherwise,itwillbesentviareg-HOularVMSMAIL.Specifymultiple addressesby separatingMOthemwithcommasand enclosingthelistin parentheses.)IfNO<omitted,the destinationaddressisobtainedfromtheReply-ROToheaderinthearticle(ortheFromheader,ifthereisnoOReply-Toheader).298:J1  OSETARCHIVE_DIRECTORY*2z3PPO Establishesaplacewhere extractedarticlesshouldbestored.h4>OFormat.Os SET[NO]ARCHIVE_DIRECTORYM[devdir]5! 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O|If| typem|is CALLABLE,thenX| editor!i|mustbethenameofHOacallableeditor.-NEWSRDRcanuseanycallableeditorIO-formessage compositionthatmeetsthe followingcallingO standard: ` E Thecallableeditor's shareablelibrarynamemustbeIc xxxSHR.EXE,where``xxx''isthenamebywhichtheed-Litorwillbecalled.&Thelibrarymustresidein SYS$SHARELormusthavean exec-modelogicalpointingtothelibrarym elsewhere. `IThe shareablelibrarymustcontainanentrypointwhichEEcalled xxx$EDIT,whichmusttaketheinput file-specGandoutput file-spec,both characterstringspassedbyK descriptor,asthefirsttwo arguments.*Ifthereareop-IOtional arguments,thexxx$EDITroutinemustnotrelyon6havingmorethantwo argumentspresent.INJOTheDigital-suppliededitorsTPU,EDT,andTECO,andtheIO(layeredproduct)DECLanguage-SensitiveEditor(LSE)all*O5followthiscalling standard.J<?LM""OSETFORCE_MAIL_PROTOCOL4N  # OA~AOForcesNEWSRDRtousetheVMSMAILforeignmail3O(protocolhandlerforlocal addresses. # 8jP@OFormat&Os SET[NO]FORCE_MAIL_PROTOCOL # QO DescriptionDOsBydefault,NEWSRDRsendsmessagesdirectlyviaVMSJOMAILwhenthe destinationaddressdoesnotappeartobeAO$a network-typemailaddress.*WithSET FORCE_MAIL_IO| PROTOCOL,youcanforceall addressestobehandledbyOOyournetworkmailhandler(calleda ``foreignmail protocol''&O-inVMSMAIL terminology).MOThisfeaturemaybeusefulifyournetworkmailerincludesMO!supportforper-useraliasesandotherfeaturesinwhichaGOznetworkmailaddressmightappeartoNEWSRDRtobeaOlocaladdress. #  A]z b &OTableCMD-1:8Headernames O OFHeadernamerMeaning Ob OFROMJbthe ``From:'''line,which indicateswhosentthemessageO$DATEbb$the ``Date:'')line,which indicateswhenthemessagewas originallypostedtob|thenetworkO NEWSGROUPS_bthe``Newsgroups:'')line,which identifiesthe newsgroupstowhichthemes-bOsagebelongsnOSUBJECTthe ``Subject:'''line,usuallyabrief descriptionofwhatthemessageisaboutOBMESSAGE_ OIDObBthe``Message-ID:''line,aunique identifierforthemessageOPATHebthe ``Path:'''line,whichshowsthepaththemessagetooktoreachthecurrentbmsystemiOREPLY_TOcthe ``Reply-to:'''line,which indicateswheremailedrepliesshouldbesentlOaSENDERthe ``Sender:''*line,which identifiestheentity responsiblefor submittingthe#bmessagetothenetworkO3 FOLLOWUP_ OTO]b3the``Followup-to:'')line,which indicatesthe newsgroup(s)where follow-up&barticlesshouldbepostedmOEXPIRESthe ``Expires:''(line,which indicatesa suggested expirationdateandtimeforb^thearticleO REFERENCES^bthe``References:'',line,which identifiesthe message(s)thatpromptedthe'b0  submissionofthemessagesO  DISTRIBUTIONeb the``Distribution:''&line,which indicatesthe distributionscopeofthemessageO$  ORGANIZATION]b$ the``Organization:''.line,which identifiesthe organizationtowhichtheb| senderbelongsdO KEYWORDS>the ``Keywords:''-line,whichmayincludesomekeywordsrelatedtothe#bO contentofthemessagePO SUMMARYSthe ``Summary:'''line,abriefsummaryofthemessagegOB APPROVEDXthe ``Approved:''&line, indicatingthe moderatorthatapprovedthemessageO LINESOb the ``Lines:''&line,which indicatesthesizeofthemessageO6 XREFBb6 the ``Xref:'''line,which identifiescross-postings O\ ?>@=ROSETFORM*SqTGGO Specifiestheformtousebydefaultforprintjobs.\U2OFormat"Os SET[NO]FORMM form-name}VSO ParametersOs form-name,OThenameoftheformtouse.%W =O DescriptionQOsThiscommandsetsthedefaultformtobeusedbydefaultforJOprintjobscreatedwiththePRINTcommand.'WhennoformKO$isset,thedefaultformistakenfromtheprintqueue./@?B@XOSETHEADERS*YsZIIOSelectstheheaderlinestoappearinarticle displays.d[:OFormat*Os SETHEADERSN[NO]header-name...\ FO ParametersOs header-nameQOThenameofaheaderlinetobeincludedor,ifprecededbyKO$``NO'',excludedfrom subsequentarticle displays.)YoumayLO|specifymorethanoneheadernameby separatingthemwithOcommas.TableCMD-1/liststhevalidheadernamesandO-their meanings.*\?]^! 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O DescriptionMOsThiscommandisusedtoaddorremoveanignore criterionTO (sometimescalleda``killfile'')forasingle newsgrouporforOO$all newsgroups.)The criterioncanbebasedontheauthorofQO|thearticle(/FROM),thesubjectofthearticle (/SUBJECT),orHOthe Newsgroupsheaderofthearticle(/NEWSGROUPS).AnyMO-articlesmatchingthe criterionwill automaticallybemarkedLOasseenandwillnotbe displayedwhenREAD/NEWisused.GO!UseSETNOIGNOREtoremovean erroneousignorecrite-TOzrionorwhenthesubjectorauthoryouwishtoignoreisata,Omore reasonableactivitylevel.e |MOIgnorecriteriaarestoredinyourNEWSRDRprofileandare/OretainedbetweenNEWSRDR sessions.sfIIOThiscommandshouldbeused sparinglyandwithcaution.gnO QualifiersOs/GLOBALIOMakestheignore criterion effectiveforall newsgroups.hO /FROM=patternMO(Basesthe criterionontheauthor(Fromline)ofanarti-Ocle.+Thepattern2maycontainVMS wildcards.+AnyFromMOlinematchingthewildcardpattern,or containingthespec-RO2ifiedtextifno wildcardsareused,willbeignored.)Youmay>Ospecifyonlyoneignore criterionpercommand.iO/NEWSGROUPS=patternNO(Basesthe criteriononthe Newsgroupsheaderofanarticle. OThepattern8maycontainVMS wildcards.)Any NewsgroupsMOlinematchingthewildcardpattern,or containingthespec-RO2ifiedtextifno wildcardsareused,willbeignored.)Youmay>Ospecifyonlyoneignore criterionpercommand.jO/SUBJECT=patternHO(Basesthe criteriononthesubjectofanarticle.)The(patternJOmaycontainVMS wildcards.)AnysubjectlinematchingtheQOwildcardpattern,or containingthe specifiedtextifnowild-MO2cardsareused,willbeignored.,Youmayspecifyonlyone*Oignore criterionpercommand.CBDHkOSETNEWGROUP_ACTION4l  # mAlIOSetstheactionNEWSRDRshouldtakenon discoveryofaO(new newsgroup. # 8jn@OFormat&Os SETNEWGROUP_ACTIONNaction # /o #  # O ParametersOsactionLOTheactiontobetakenon discoveryofanew newsgroups.EO$ThiscanbeoneofNONE,PROMPT,or SUBSCRIBE.See2O|the descriptionsectionfordetails. # p O DescriptionCOsThedefaultaction,NONE,hasNEWSRDRannouncetheIOpresenceofeachnew newsgroup,withnofurtheraction.FO$SettingthePROMPTactionhasNEWSRDRpromptyouin-NO| teractivelyforwhetheryouwouldliketo subscribetoeach?Onew newsgroup.+The SUBSCRIBEactionhasNEWSRDRGO- subscribeyoutonew newsgroupsautomatically,withnoO prompting. # 0DCE?qOSETNEWSRC*rds::OEnables/disablestheuseofanewsrcfile.tSOFormat&Os SET [NO]NEWSRCN [file-spec]OCommand QualifiersDefaultsO:/[NO]SUBSCRIBED_ONLY:/NOSUBSCRIBED_ONLYu=O ParametersOs [file-spec]FOName of!the newsrc file.4If!omitted,"it defaults toO$SYS$LOGIN:XX.NEWSRC.v PO DescriptionNOsThiscommandenablesordisablestheuseofanewsrcfile.+ONewsrcfilesare describedin{Section1.17.]TheyareplainRO$textfiles, typicallyusedbyothernewsreaders,thatdescribeNO|the newsgroupsyou subscribetoandwhicharticlesyouhaveGOseen.)Usinganewsrcfile increases NEWSRDR'scompati-PO-bilitywithothernewsreadersandallowsyoutocontroltheEOorderinwhich newsgroupsarevisitedduringNEWSRDRQOsessionsbyorderingthe newsgroupsinthenewsrcfileasyouO7desire.*v{?hw O QualifiersOs/[NO]SUBCRIBED_ONLYROBydefault,thenewsrcfilewilllistall available newsgroups.OO$Thisistomaintain compatibilitywithmostothernewsread-PO|ers.)However,thefulllistcantakeupa substantialamount@Oofdiskspace.. Specifying/SUBSCRIBED_ONLYcausesFO-NEWSRDRtosave informationonlyaboutthe newsgroupsKOyouare subscribedto.+Thismayreduce compatibilitywithROothernewsreaders,butsavesondiskspaceandstillprovidesLO7the opportunitytomodifythe newsgroupvisitingorderforONEWSRDR sessions.JEDFFxOSET PERSONAL_NAME*yzA[IO Establishesa ``personalname''to accompanyyourreturnO(address.{SOFormat*Os SET[NO]PERSONAL_NAMEM["name"]OCommand QualifiersDefaultsO:/MAIL # C|=O ParametersOsnameLOAnyreadabletextstring,not including quotationmarksor?O$ backslashes,tobeusedasyourpersonalname. } =O DescriptionJOsThiscommandisusedtosetuporremoveyourpersonalOOname.'Thenameisaddedtoyourreturnaddressforarticles4O$youpostandmailmessagesyousend.~=O QualifiersOs/MAILCOCausesNEWSRDRtouseyourVMSMAILpersonalnameO$setting. # FEG>OSETQUEUE*rHHO Specifiesthequeuetousebydefaultforprintjobs.Z0OFormat Os SETQUEUEN queue-nameUO ParametersOs queue-name-OThenameofthequeuetouse.! =O DescriptionROsThiscommandsetsthedefaultqueuetobeusedbydefaultforLOprintjobscreatedwiththePRINTcommand.(ThedefaultisO$ SYS$PRINT.GFH>OSETREPLY*qGGOSetsthedefaultsending mechanismforREPLY commands._5OFormat%Os SETREPLYM reply-type...a 7O ParametersOs reply-typeJOEitherPOSTorMAIL, dependingonwhetheryouwantyourOO$repliestobepostedtothe newsgroupormailedtothear-MO|ticleposter.+Youcanspecifymorethanonereplytypeby)O separatingthemwithcommas.=O DescriptionPOsThissettingisusedto determinewhetherrepliesareposted,QOmailed,orboth,whenyoudonotspecifyeitherthe/POSTor'O$/MAILonaREPLYcommand.bH GI=OSETSEEN*nDDOMarksanarticleorgroupofarticlesas ``seen''.OFormat+Os SET[NO]SEENM[article-range...]OCommand QualifiersDefaultsO:/ALLO|/SUBJECT=(pattern...)O/THREADO ParametersOs article-rangeKOAsinglearticlenumberorastartingandendingarticleNO$number separatedbyahyphen.)Allarticlesinthe specified'O|rangearemarked ``seen''.[O DescriptionGOsThiscommandisusedtomarkarticlesashavingbeenJOseen,evenifyouhaven'treadthem.,ThispreventsthemDO$frombeing displayedwiththeREAD/NEWcommand.)SETOO|NOSEENhasthereverseeffect;itmaybeusedasanalter-"OnativetoSETUNSEEN.=O QualifiersOs/ALLMOCausesallarticlesinthecurrent newsgrouptomarked.(No7O$other qualifiersmaybeusedwith/ALL.O/SUBJECT=(pattern...)MO(CausesanarticletobemarkedifitssubjectmatchesoneSOofthe specified patterns.,Ifnoarticlerangeis specified,it6Odefaultstothecurrentarticleonward. 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FO DescriptionNOsThiscommandcanbeusedto establisha ``signature''file.XOThecontentsofthe signaturefile(upto8linesoftext)isap-NO$pendedtomessagesyousendandarticlesyoupost,andcanGO|contain informationsuchasyourname,company,E-mailJOaddress,etc.'UseSET NOSIGNATUREtoclearthe signatureO-setting.8 DO Qualifiers#Os/AUTOMATIC=(send-type...)O /NOAUTOMATICJO$ Specifieswhenthe signaturefileshouldbe automaticallyKO| appended:-onmail messages,onarticle postings,orboth.OPossiblevaluesfor send-type$areMAILandPOST.TheKO-defaultisfor automatic signature inclusiononbothmailEOandarticle postings.*Specify /NOAUTOMATICtoprevent9O automatic inclusionofthe signaturefile.LOzThissettingcanbe overriddenbyusingthe/[NO]SIGNATURE@O qualifierontheFORWARD,MAIL,POST,andREPLYO+ commands.J IK?OSETUNSEEN*pFFOMarksanarticleorgroupofarticlesas ``unseen''.OFormat)Os SETUNSEENM[article-range...]OCommand QualifiersDefaultsO:/ALLO|/SUBJECT=(pattern...)O/THREADY! /O ParametersOs article-rangeKOAsinglearticlenumberorastartingandendingarticleNO$number separatedbyahyphen.)Allarticlesinthe specifiedRO|rangearemarked ``unseen''.&Ifomitted,thecurrentarticleisOmarkedunseen.nO DescriptionGOsThiscommandisusedtomarkarticlesashavingbeenIOunseen,sotheycanberecalledthenexttimeyouuse=O$READ/NEWorREAD/NEXT/NEW.ThiscanbeusefulMO|forlongarticlesyouwanttoskipinthecurrentNEWSRDR?Osessionbutwouldliketocomebacktolater.=O QualifiersOs/ALLMOCausesallarticlesinthecurrent newsgrouptomarked.(No y >  > Y >  < 1 >  >  >  >  :r ARCHIVE_DIRECTORY CURRENT_GROUP# DIRECTORY_WIDTH| EDIT FORM- GROUP HEADERS% IGNORE [/GLOBAL][/LOCAL]7 NEWSRC PERSONAL_NAME QUEUE@ SERVER SIGNATURE_FILE  ALL ; 9 ;  > ;y > ; > ;Y > ; = ;1 > ; > ; > ; > ; ;2mO; ParametersOARCHIVE_DIRECTORY>ODisplaysthecurrentarchive directorysetting.O CURRENT_GROUPMO(Displaysthenameofthecurrent newsgroup,alongwiththePOnumberofthefirstandlast availablearticleinthegroup.AVODIRECTORY_WIDTH=O(Displaysthecurrent directorywidth settings. }OEDITNO(DisplaysthecurrentSETEDITsettingandthenameofyour!Oselectedtexteditor.pAFOFORM8O(Displaysthedefaultprintform,ifany.OGROUPMO(Displaysthenameofthecurrent newsgroup,alongwiththePOnumberofthefirstandlast availablearticleinthegroup.*O(SameasSHOWCURRENT_GROUP.)sAIOHEADERS8O(DisplaysthecurrentSETHEADERSsetting.OIGNOREMO(Displaystheignorecriteriaforthecurrentgroup(/LOCAL)MOand/ortheglobalignorecriteria (/GLOBAL).ThedefaultisO/LOCAL.iA?ONEWSRC/O(Displaysthenewsrcfilesetting.AUO PERSONAL_NAME>O(DisplaysthecurrentSET PERSONAL_NAMEsetting.qAGOQUEUE8O(Displaysthedefaultprintqueuesetting.lOSERVERJO(DisplaystheInternethostnameoftheNNTPnewsserverOmachine.|AROSIGNATURE_FILE:O(DisplaysthecurrentSET SIGNATUREsetting.lAB OALL5O(Displaysalloftheabove information.V ,O DescriptionROsThiscommandcanbeusedtolookatanyofyourprofileset-FOtingsaswellassome informationaboutyourNEWSRDRIO$ environment.*Seethe descriptionoftheSETcommandfor6O|more informationaboutprofile settings.*L KM9OSPAWN*N $NOCreatesa subprocessofthecurrentprocess.*ThecontextofMO(the subprocessiscopiedfromthecurrentprocess.*YoucanDOusetheSPAWNcommandtoleaveNEWSRDR temporarily,EOperformother functions,andthenreturntoNEWSRDR.bOFormatOs SPAWNN [command]OCommand QualifiersDefaultsO:/INPUT=filespec:/INPUT=SYS$INPUTO|/[NO]LOGICAL_NAMES|/LOGICAL_NAMESO/OUTPUT=filespec/OUTPUT=SYS$OUTPUT"O/PROCESS=subprocess-nameOD /[NO]SYMBOLSD/SYMBOLSO /[NO]WAIT/WAIT O ParametersOscommandGO SpecifiestheDCLcommandstringthatexecutesintheJO$contextofthecreated subprocess.(Whenthecommandcom-NO|pletes,the subprocess terminatesandcontrolisreturnedtoROtheparentprocess.)Ifthis parameterisnot specified,asub-JO-processiscreatedthat transferscontroltoDCLcommandOlevel.O QualifiersOs/INPUT=filespecJO Specifiesaninputfile containingoneormoreDCLcom-LO$mandstringstobeexecutedbythespawned subprocess.*IfNO|youspecifyacommandstringalongwithaninputfile,theHOcommandstringis processedbeforethecommandsintheLO-inputfile.-Once processingis complete,the subprocessisO terminated.! eO/[NO]LOGICAL_NAMESUO( SpecifiesthatthelogicalnamesoftheparentprocessaretobeNOcopiedtothe subprocess.(Whenyoudonotwantthesubpro-SOcesstousethelogicalnamesoftheparentprocess,entertheCO2 qualifier/NOLOGICAL_NAMES.Thedefaultis /LOGICAL_ONAMES.? UO/OUTPUT=filespecPO( IdentifiestheoutputfiletowhichtheresultsoftheSPAWNDO operationarewritten.,Wheneveryouusethe/NOWAITPO qualifier,youshouldalsousethe/OUTPUT qualifiertospec-NO2ifyanewoutput destination.)DoingsopreventsoutputfromKObeing displayedwhileyouare specifyingnew commands.)IfOOyouomitthe/OUTPUT qualifier,outputiswrittenbydefault/O<tothecurrent SYS$OUTPUTdevice."O/PROCESS=subprocess-nameJO( Specifiesthenameofthe subprocesstobecreated..The=Odefaultnameofthe subprocessis ``USERNAME_ En u''.O /[NO]SYMBOLSKO( DetermineswhetherthesystempassesDCLglobalandlocalDOsymbolstothe subprocess.'Thedefaultis /SYMBOLS. cO /[NO]WAITKO(Controlswhetherthesystemwaitsuntilthe subprocessisIO completedbeforeallowingmorecommandstobe specified.JOThe/NOWAIT qualifierallowsyoutospecifynewcommandsKO2whilethe specified subprocessisrunning.-IfyouspecifyLO/NOWAIT,youshouldalsousethe/OUTPUT qualifiertodi-SOrecttheoutputstreamtoafile,ratherthan displayingitonKO<your terminal.)Doingsopreventsyourterminalfrombeing=Ousedbymorethanoneprocesssimultaneously.MLN9OSTORE*yOOOForwardsacopyofanewsarticletoyourselfbyVMSMail.[1OFormat!Os STOREM[article-number]=O ParametersOsarticle-numberMONumberofthearticletobesent.-Ifomitted,thecurrentO$articleissent.0~O DescriptionJOsThiscommandsendsthe specifiedarticlebyVMSMailtoKO yourself.,Themessagesubjectis automaticallysettothe6O$subjectofthearticlebeing forwarded.QOThiscommandcouldbeusedtostorearticlesofinterestintoMOVMSMail,whereyoucouldorganizethemintomailfolders.N MO=O SUBSCRIBE*rHHOAddsoneormore newsgroupstoyour subscriptionlist.OFormat!Os SUBSCRIBEN newsgroup...OCommand QualifiersDefaultsO:/CONFIRMO|/GOTOO/[NO]LOG/LOG.! O ParametersOs newsgroupMONameofa newsgroupyouwishto subscribeto,orawild-NO$cardpattern.'All available newsgroupsmatchingthe specifiedBO|patternswillbeaddedtoyour subscriptionlist.1 O DescriptionMOsThiscommandisusedtobegin followingoneormorenews-JOgroups.(The newsgroupnameand informationaboutarticlesIO$youhaveseeninthegrouparestoredinyourNEWSRDRO|profile.=O QualifiersOs/CONFIRMDOWhen specified,NEWSRDRasksfor confirmationbeforeO addition.'Use/NOLOGtosuppressthe messages.ONP?O UNSUBSCRIBE*w! MMORemovesoneormore newsgroupsfromyour subscriptionlist.OFormat#Os UNSUBSCRIBEN newsgroup...OCommand QualifiersDefaultsO:/CONFIRMO|/[NO]LOG|/LOG#! O ParametersOs newsgroupOONameofa newsgroupyounolongerwishto subscribeto,orNO$awildcardpattern.'All newsgroupsmatchingthepatternwill5O|beremovedfromthe subscriptionlist."=O DescriptionMOsThiscommandisusedtoendyour participationinanews-HOgroup.(ThegroupisremovedfromyourNEWSRDRprofile,NO$andyouwillnolongerseeanyarticlesinthat newsgroup.=O QualifiersOs/CONFIRMDOWhen specified,NEWSRDRasksfor confirmationbeforeO addition.'Use/NOLOGtosuppressthe messages.`PO:OUPDATE*AV?OUpdates NEWSRDR's newsgroup informationfromtheO(NNTPserver.SaOFormatOs UPDATEOCommand QualifiersDefaultsO:/PARTIALd ::O DescriptionMOsThiscommandcanbeusedtodiscoverfurther availableun-ROreadarticlessincethelastupdate.(Thisisdone automaticallyPO$foryouatthestartofaNEWSRDRsession,butifyouhaveGO|spentalongtimeinNEWSRDR,thiscommandshouldbeKOused.*Amessageis displayedforeach newsgroupinwhich'O-unseenarticlesarefound.LO Informationaboutallactive newsgroupsis provided,unless1O!youspecifythe/PARTIAL qualifier.sIO QualifiersOs/PARTIALIOOnly informationabout newsgroupstowhichyouaresub-MO$scribedis obtained.,This qualifiershould generallynotbePO|used,sincethe informationfromafullupdateisneededfor=OsomeotherNEWSRDRcommandstowork properly.   !!"""##$$$$$$%&&&&&&&'''''(((((())))))))*************++++++++++++++++,,,,,,,,-----..........////0000000000011111122222233333333333444444555555555555566666666666666666666666677777777777777778888888888888888888999999:::::;;;;;;;<<<<<<<<<=>>>>>??????@@@@@A@BBBBBBBBBBBBCCCCCCDDDDDDDEEEEEEEFFFFFFGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIJJJJJJJJJKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKLLLLLLLLLLLMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOPPPPPP#PrefacePrefacePrefaceIntended AudienceDocument StructureRelated DocumentsNew and Changed FeaturesNew and Changed FeaturesChanges Made in V4.1Changes Made in V4.1Changes Made in V4.1Changes Made in V4.0Changes Made in V4.01. Using NEWSRDR1. Using NEWSRDR1. Using NEWSRDR1. Using NEWSRDR+1.1 Using NEWSRDR for the First Time+1.1 Using NEWSRDR for the First Time+1.1 Using NEWSRDR for the First Time+1.1 Using NEWSRDR for the First Time+1.1 Using NEWSRDR for the First Time&1.1.1 Cancelling a Subscription1.2 Reading New News1.2 Reading New News1.2 Reading New News$1.2.1 Redisplaying an Article1.2.2 Following a Thread1.2.2 Following a Thread1.2.3 Reading by Subject1.2.3 Reading by Subject1.2.3 Reading by Subject1.2.3 Reading by Subject1.3 Skipping Articles1.3 Skipping Articles1.3 Skipping Articles1.3 Skipping Articles/1.4 Marking Articles for Later Reference/1.4 Marking Articles for Later Reference11.5 Permanently Ignoring Topics or Authors11.5 Permanently Ignoring Topics or Authors11.5 Permanently Ignoring Topics or Authors11.5 Permanently Ignoring Topics or Authors11.5 Permanently Ignoring Topics or Authors%1.5.1 Removing Ignore Settings%1.5.1 Removing Ignore Settings$1.6 Reading Specific Articles$1.6 Reading Specific Articles$1.6 Reading Specific Articles$1.6 Reading Specific Articles$1.6 Reading Specific Articles1.7 Saving Articles1.7 Saving Articles1.8 Printing Articles1.8 Printing Articles1.8 Printing Articles1.8 Printing Articles&1.8.1 Specifying PRINT Defaults&1.8.1 Specifying PRINT Defaults&1.8.1 Specifying PRINT Defaults&1.8.1 Specifying PRINT Defaults&1.8.1 Specifying PRINT Defaults1.9 Posting Articles1.9 Posting Articles1.9 Posting Articles1.9 Posting Articles1.9.1 Followup Articles1.9.1 Followup Articles"1.9.2 Cancelling an Article"1.9.2 Cancelling an Article!1.10 Sending Mail Messages!1.10 Sending Mail Messages!1.10 Sending Mail Messages1.11 Profile Settings1.11.1 Personal Name1.11.1 Personal Name1.11.2 Article Headers1.11.2 Article Headers,1.11.3 Automatic Editing, Editor Name,1.11.3 Automatic Editing, Editor Name,1.11.3 Automatic Editing, Editor Name,1.11.3 Automatic Editing, Editor Name,1.11.3 Automatic Editing, Editor Name1.11.4 Signature1.11.4 Signature1.12 Subprocesses1.13 Keypad Keys)1.14 Setting Your Reply-To Address)1.14 Setting Your Reply-To Address1.15 Header Caching1.15 Header Caching1.15 Header Caching'1.16 Moving Your NEWSRDR Profile'1.16 Moving Your NEWSRDR Profile1.17 Using a NEWSRC File1.17 Using a NEWSRC File1.17 Using a NEWSRC File1.17 Using a NEWSRC File1.17 Using a NEWSRC File(1.17.1 Specifying Newsgroup Order#Part II Command Descriptions ATTACH ATTACH ATTACH ATTACH ATTACH ATTACH ATTACH BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL CANCELCURRENTCURRENTCURRENTCURRENTCURRENTCURRENTCURRENTCURRENTDEFINE/KEYDEFINE/KEYDEFINE/KEYDEFINE/KEYDEFINE/KEYDEFINE/KEYDEFINE/KEYDEFINE/KEYDEFINE/KEYDEFINE/KEYDEFINE/KEYDEFINE/KEYDEFINE/KEYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORY/GROUPDIRECTORY/GROUPDIRECTORY/GROUPDIRECTORY/GROUPDIRECTORY/GROUPDIRECTORY/GROUPDIRECTORY/GROUPDIRECTORY/GROUP EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT EXITEXTRACTEXTRACTEXTRACTEXTRACTEXTRACTEXTRACTEXTRACTEXTRACTEXTRACTEXTRACTFOLLOWUPFOLLOWUPFOLLOWUPFOLLOWUPFORWARDFORWARDFORWARDFORWARDFORWARDFORWARDFORWARDFORWARDFORWARDFORWARDFORWARD GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL NEXT NEXT NEXT NEXT NEXT NEXT POST POST POST POST POST POST POST POST POST POST POST POST POST PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLY REPLYSET ARCHIVE_DIRECTORYSET ARCHIVE_DIRECTORYSET ARCHIVE_DIRECTORYSET ARCHIVE_DIRECTORYSET ARCHIVE_DIRECTORYSET ARCHIVE_DIRECTORYSET AUTO_READ_NEWSET AUTO_READ_NEWSET AUTO_READ_NEWSET AUTO_READ_NEWSET AUTO_READ_NEWSET DIRECTORY_WIDTHSET DIRECTORY_WIDTHSET DIRECTORY_WIDTHSET DIRECTORY_WIDTHSET DIRECTORY_WIDTHSET DIRECTORY_WIDTHSET DIRECTORY_WIDTHSET EDITSET EDITSET EDITSET EDITSET EDITSET EDITSET EDITSET EDITSET EDIT6Figure CMD- 1: Spawned editor command procedureSET FORCE_MAIL_PROTOCOLSET FORCE_MAIL_PROTOCOLSET FORCE_MAIL_PROTOCOLSET FORCE_MAIL_PROTOCOLSET FORCE_MAIL_PROTOCOLSET FORMSET FORMSET FORMSET FORMSET FORMSET FORMSET HEADERSSET HEADERSSET HEADERSSET HEADERSSET HEADERS!Table CMD- 1: Header namesSET HEADERSSET IGNORESET IGNORESET IGNORESET IGNORESET IGNORESET IGNORESET IGNORESET IGNORESET IGNORESET IGNORESET IGNORESET IGNORESET NEWGROUP_ACTIONSET NEWGROUP_ACTIONSET NEWGROUP_ACTIONSET NEWGROUP_ACTIONSET NEWGROUP_ACTIONSET NEWGROUP_ACTIONSET NEWSRCSET NEWSRCSET NEWSRCSET NEWSRCSET NEWSRCSET NEWSRCSET NEWSRCSET PERSONAL_NAMESET PERSONAL_NAMESET PERSONAL_NAMESET PERSONAL_NAMESET PERSONAL_NAMESET PERSONAL_NAMESET PERSONAL_NAMESET QUEUESET QUEUESET QUEUESET QUEUESET QUEUESET QUEUESET REPLYSET REPLYSET REPLYSET REPLYSET REPLYSET REPLYSET SEENSET SEENSET SEENSET SEENSET SEENSET SEENSET SEENSET SEENSET SEENSET SIGNATURESET SIGNATURESET SIGNATURESET SIGNATURESET SIGNATURESET SIGNATURESET SIGNATURESET UNSEENSET UNSEENSET UNSEENSET UNSEENSET UNSEENSET UNSEENSET UNSEENSET UNSEENSET UNSEEN SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SPAWN SPAWN SPAWN SPAWN SPAWN SPAWN SPAWN SPAWN SPAWN SPAWN SPAWN STORE STORE STORE STORE STORE STORESUBSCRIBESUBSCRIBESUBSCRIBESUBSCRIBESUBSCRIBESUBSCRIBESUBSCRIBESUBSCRIBESUBSCRIBEUNSUBSCRIBEUNSUBSCRIBEUNSUBSCRIBEUNSUBSCRIBEUNSUBSCRIBEUNSUBSCRIBEUNSUBSCRIBEUNSUBSCRIBE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE F newsrdr_doc_2 newsrdr_doc_3newsrdr_doc_4newsrdr_doc_5newsrdr_doc_6pref_v41_infopref_v40_infonewsrdr_doc_7newsrdr_doc_8 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