From: Aaron Ucko <amu@MIT.EDU>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: get new mail without new news
Date: 27 May 1997 13:46:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m37mgkn46t.fsf@kepler.no.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: John Twilley's message of 27 May 1997 13:18:12 -0400
John Twilley <jmt@nda.nda.com> writes:
> My problem is this: occasionally I'll get a new mail message and want
> to read it without checking all my newsgroups for new messages. Since
> I'm currently using only one mail group, I 'j' to the group if it's
> not on the screen already, then 'ESC g' to get only that group.
>
> This only works until I start splitting my mail. What's the best way
> to update only my mail and not my news?
Put your mail groups on lower levels than your newsgroups (I use
levels 1 and 2 for mail and levels 3 and 4 for news) and then use
'N g' (replacing 'N' with the highest level you use for mail groups)
to get just mail. I believe this is in the FAQ and/or the manual, BTW.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-05-27 18:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-05-27 17:18 John Twilley
1997-05-27 18:39 ` David S. Goldberg
1997-05-27 19:09 ` John Twilley
1997-05-28 8:13 ` Steinar Bang
1997-05-28 15:53 ` Daniel Simms
1997-05-27 21:59 ` Mats Lidell
1997-05-27 18:46 ` Aaron Ucko [this message]
1997-05-27 22:34 ` Darren/Torin/Who Ever...
1997-05-30 20:23 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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