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Newsgroups:  Mailing postings in newsgroups to oneself regularly


Q.  How do I subscribe to a Usenet newsgroup so that the daily postings 
    are e-mailed to me?

A.  Some groups have associated mailing lists; check the FAQ for the group
    for information on that.  FAQs -- Frequently Asked Questions lists --
    for many Usenet groups can be found on rtfm.mit.edu.  Use FTP to
    connect, and log in as:

         anonymous

    ...and use your login name (for example, mickey) followed by an
    at-sign:

         mickey@

    Move to the usenet-by-hierarchy directory, then walk down the
    directory tree looking for your newsgroup's FAQ. 

    You can also use the tin newsreader to mail you postings from a
    group.  This is an awfully handy way to keep abreast of the
    halcyon.announce newsgroup, the group that all users should read
    regularly, without having to use a newsreader or check in on a
    regular basis.  Absolutely the best way to do this is to use a
    script that will resubmit itself each day and continually send you
    postings.  David Ballenger (dlb@halcyon.com) has been kind enough to
    design and build just such a script, and together we've beat it up
    until we're sure it works 99% of the time.  Thus, mailnews is a
    script that'll mail newsgroups reliably and without harming the
    system.  Believe me, you *don't* want something to go wrong with
    this; the results can be horrible, and Ed's not a friendly guy when
    he's woken in the middle of the night when someone's news mailing
    script goes bad, as we've found out by sad experience...

    To use mailnews, just type:

         mailnews

    ...at the shell prompt, and answer the prompts.  When you have the
    chance to provide the names of newsgroups that should be mailed,
    remember that these listings are in the same format as in your
    .newsrc file; you'd be well-advised to copy them directly out of
    there to avoid errors.


(17-May-95/newmpint/MJT)
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