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This article is from the rec.arts.tv.soaps FAQ, by Margaret D. Gibbs gibbsm@ll.mit.edu with numerous contributions by
others.
4. readnews Information (rec.arts.tv.soaps)
On my particular system, I have both "rn" and "readnews" available. You might
want it see if you have "rn" available. I like "rn" much better; I will
explain why in the following paragraphs.
To find out what is available, look at the man pages.
Type: "man readnews" and "man rn"
This will also give you a lot of interesting information.
If "rn" is not available, or if you like "readnews" better, there is a
function that is similar to the KILL file in "readnews". Instead of KILLing
articles of a given subject, you read only articles with a given subject(s).
For example, on my system, if you read All My Children, One Life to Live, and
Generations, type:
readnews -t OLTL AMC GEN
Rita sent email to me (thanks Rita) indicating that her system works
slightly differently from mine. She would have to type:
readnews -n rec.arts.tv.soaps -t OLTL AMC GEN
This way you would not have to go through all the articles about the other
soaps.
The only problem is, if someone doesn't use the standard soap abbreviation,
or if there is a different subject, like "Soap Opera Digest Awards" then
you would miss the article. That's why I like "rn" better.
In "rn", I KILL all the standard soap abbreviations except for those I read
(AMC and GEN). That way, I get everything except the other soaps, instead of
only my soaps.
Try reading the man page and experimenting. If you figure anything else out,
let me know, and I will share the info with everyone else when I post the
"FAQ" info each month.
[The above section was probably written by Sandra Macika. If you positively
know who wrote it, please email me: gibbsm@ll.mit.edu. Rita Prisco
(roxy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com) also contributed to the above section.]
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