Ahouti.102
net.news
utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!npois!houxi!houti!rick
Wed Feb  3 14:24:42 1982
whittle 'ol wish list
Since most users (???) specify "all" initially for a newsgroup
subscription list, then start whittling down the list after viewing
the latest newsgroup additions, woudln't it be nice if you could
merely prepend a "!" to the newsgroup history information as in:

       !net.cooks: 1-16
       !net.auto.all: 1-25

Even though you may have looked at a newsgroup once, this would
provide a quick way to trash a group, and yet still be able to read
a legible list. Constantly revising "options ..." is a p.i.t.a. for
numerous (and ever expanding) groups, especially since "options"
arguments may only appear in one, long, ugly, cryptic, verbose,
run-on line!!!
                               Rick Maus (...!houti!rick)

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