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Subject: Re: undo mail catchup w .snapshot .[mumble]rc ?
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Yeoh Yiu <squid@panix.com> wrote:
> I have an archived filesystem.
> If I accidently caught up news, I could delete my current
> .newsrc and replace it with a day / 4 hour etc old .newsrc.
> and I would once again know which news was new to me,
> and what was already read.
>
> What if I accidently catch up a mail group ?

With 5.8.8, restore ~/.newsrc.eld.  That file contains all the
information from .newsrc, as well as marks for mail groups.


paul