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        !            11: ..
        !            12: .TH NEWSRC 5 "October 19, 1986"
        !            13: .ds ]W  Version B 2.11
        !            14: .SH NAME
        !            15: newsrc \- information file for readnews(1) and checknews(1)
        !            16: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            17: The
        !            18: .I .newsrc
        !            19: file contains the list of previously read articles and an optional
        !            20: options line for
        !            21: .IR readnews "(1) and " checknews (1).
        !            22: Each newsgroup that articles
        !            23: have been read from has a line of the form:
        !            24: .LP
        !            25: .IB newsgroup : " range"
        !            26: .LP
        !            27: The
        !            28: .I range
        !            29: is a list of the articles read.  It is basically a list of numbers
        !            30: separated by commas with sequential numbers collapsed with hyphens.
        !            31: For instance:
        !            32: .LP
        !            33: .B general: 1-78,80,85-90
        !            34: .br
        !            35: .B comp.laser-printers: 1-7
        !            36: .br
        !            37: .B news.misc: 1
        !            38: .br
        !            39: .B comp.ai! 1-5
        !            40: .br
        !            41: .LP
        !            42: If the
        !            43: .Ch :
        !            44: is replaced with an
        !            45: .Ch !
        !            46: (as in
        !            47: .B comp.ai
        !            48: above) the newsgroup
        !            49: is not subscribed to and will not be shown to the user.
        !            50: .LP
        !            51: An options line starts with the word
        !            52: .B options
        !            53: (left-justified).  Then there are the list of options just as they
        !            54: would be on the 
        !            55: .I readnews
        !            56: command line.  For instance:
        !            57: .LP
        !            58: .B "options \-n all !net.sf-lovers !mod.human-nets \-r"
        !            59: .br
        !            60: .B "options \-c \-r"
        !            61: .LP
        !            62: A string of lines beginning with a space or tab after the initial options
        !            63: line will be considered continuation lines.
        !            64: .SH FILES
        !            65: .TP 25
        !            66: ~/.newsrc
        !            67: options and list of previously read articles
        !            68: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            69: checknews(1),
        !            70: readnews(1),
        !            71: vnews(1)

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