Re: slrn marks articles as deleted once they are read.

On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 07:38:05PM EDT, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote:
> Chris Jones wrote:

> > I then have to undelete it, otherwise, the next time I access the
> > newsgroup, all articles that I had previously read have disappeared
> > and I have to issue an Alt-1 followed by an Alt-p to "reconstruct
> > the thread".
> 
> If you're reading from a server (as opposed to a spool you control)
> eventually you'll find that all articles will disappear through
> article expiration.  You might find it useful to either make your own
> server or save articles you really want to refer to later.

Good point. 

But frankly, I only want the articles to remain available for the
duration of the debate. At most, maybe a few weeks.

Since I don't treasure my writings - most of the time, I'm asking for
help and once s/o more knowledgeable than myself has corrected me, they
turn out to be more of an embarrassment than anything else :-) .. 

In any case, I found that stuff that I had contributed to years ago is
still available online.

And if anyone replies by posting an article that amounts to a standalone
mini-howto - yes, it happens..  I definitely save it in under my ~/docs
directory.

> > Is there an .slrnrc option that lets you change this behavior and
> > could someone point me to it so I know where to look in the
> > documentation and
> 
> http://slrn.sourceforge.net/docs/slrn-manual-6.html#ss6.4

Ah..! Thanks - I guessed I didn't search with the adequate strings.

>  > hopefully understand why this should be the slrn default?
> 
> Typical use is to read an article (which marks it as read),
> forward/reply/save an article, and move on to other articles.  When
> one is done with one newsgroup one typically marks everything read by
> "catching up" before moving on to the next newsgroup.  If I recall
> correctly, this action is bound to "c".

Yes, I guess I'm expecting usenet to provide the same feel as mailing
lists while they have different philosophies.

Thanks again for your help.

CJ

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