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1.1     ! root        1: .TH NETNEWS 7 "local, not alice"
        !             2: .CT 1 comm_users inst_info
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: netnews \(mi send or receive news articles
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B netnews
        !             7: [
        !             8: .I option ...
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .PP
        !            11: .B netnews
        !            12: .B -s
        !            13: [
        !            14: .I newsgroup ...
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .PP
        !            17: .B netnews
        !            18: .B -i
        !            19: .I title
        !            20: [
        !            21: .B -n
        !            22: .I newsgroup ...
        !            23: ]
        !            24: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            25: .I Netnews
        !            26: is an intercomputer news service.
        !            27: Used now only locally, it has been replaced by
        !            28: .IR postnews (7)
        !            29: and
        !            30: .IR readnews (7)
        !            31: for outside connections.
        !            32: When invoked without options it prints recent articles.
        !            33: Normally the articles printed are restricted to newsgroups
        !            34: you have signed up for and are
        !            35: newer than your last use of
        !            36: .I netnews.
        !            37: After each article
        !            38: a command is read from the standard input:
        !            39: .TP \w'newline\ 'u
        !            40: newline
        !            41: Go on to next article.
        !            42: .PD 0
        !            43: .TP
        !            44: .B p
        !            45: Print article again.
        !            46: .TP
        !            47: .B -
        !            48: Go back to previous article.
        !            49: .TP
        !            50: .B c
        !            51: Cancel (restricted to contributor and super-user).
        !            52: .TP
        !            53: .BI "w " file
        !            54: Append a copy of the article to the named
        !            55: .I file.
        !            56: .TP
        !            57: .B r
        !            58: Reply to author (via mail).
        !            59: .TP
        !            60: .B q
        !            61: Exit.
        !            62: .TP
        !            63: .B x
        !            64: Exit without update.
        !            65: .PD
        !            66: .PP
        !            67: The options are:
        !            68: .TP  \w'newline\ 'u
        !            69: .B -p
        !            70: Print with no questions asked.
        !            71: .TP
        !            72: .B -r
        !            73: Print in reverse time order.
        !            74: .TP
        !            75: .B -l
        !            76: Print titles only.
        !            77: .TP
        !            78: .BI -a " date"
        !            79: Print articles received after
        !            80: .IR date ;
        !            81: no date means the beginning of time.
        !            82: .TP
        !            83: .BI -n " newsgroup ..."
        !            84: Print articles from named newsgroups.
        !            85: .TP
        !            86: .BI -t " string ..."
        !            87: Print only titles containing one of the 
        !            88: .I strings.
        !            89: .TP
        !            90: .BI -s " newsgroup ..."
        !            91: Subscribe to named newsgroups.
        !            92: If no
        !            93: .I newsgroups
        !            94: are given,
        !            95: list your current subscriptions.
        !            96: Newsgroup
        !            97: .L all
        !            98: receives all articles;
        !            99: .L net.all
        !           100: receives all newsgroups that begin with
        !           101: .LR net. ,
        !           102: etc.
        !           103: All users subscribe to the newsgroup
        !           104: .LR general .
        !           105: .TP
        !           106: .B -i
        !           107: Insert an article
        !           108: (read from standard input)
        !           109: with title
        !           110: .I title
        !           111: to the newsgroups specified by
        !           112: .B -n
        !           113: (default
        !           114: .LR general ).
        !           115: .PD
        !           116: .SH FILES
        !           117: .TF /usr/spool/news/history
        !           118: .TP
        !           119: .F $HOME/.newsrc
        !           120: user's subscription list
        !           121: .TP
        !           122: .F /usr/spool/news/sys.nnn
        !           123: news articles
        !           124: .TP
        !           125: .F /usr/spool/news/.bitfile
        !           126: bit map of users with news
        !           127: .TP
        !           128: .F /usr/spool/news/.ngfile
        !           129: list of legal newsgroups
        !           130: .TP
        !           131: .F /usr/spool/news/.uindex
        !           132: index of netnews users
        !           133: .TP
        !           134: .F /usr/spool/news/.nindex
        !           135: index of news articles
        !           136: .TP
        !           137: .F /usr/spool/news/.seq
        !           138: sequence number of last article
        !           139: .TP
        !           140: .F /usr/spool/news/.history
        !           141: list of all articles ever seen
        !           142: .TP
        !           143: .F /usr/spool/news/.sys
        !           144: system subscription list
        !           145: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           146: .IR news (7), 
        !           147: .IR readnews (7), 
        !           148: .IR netnews (5)

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