slrn, marked read but not marked for deletion, and SMTP

installed User-Agent: slrn/1.0.2 (Linux) from Ubuntu 16.04

copied the default rc file to my .slrnrc and edited from there

configured nntp for ipv6 and TLS (gnutls)

read most of everything on
http://slrn.sourceforge.net/

did lots of web searching

I would like to have slrn mark an article that is read, read, but not 
selected for deletion with the "D" mark, unless I want it marked for 
deletion

when I catchup a group where everything is marked D for deletion, it 
removes the group from my group view after I restart, I can press "a" 
and subscribe again, can I stop it from removing the group?

I would also like to add my SMTP server, TLS preferred, for cc's and 
forwards, found an old Ubuntu answer with MSMTP, put it in my .slrnrc 
but doesn't work

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