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# Apple II Email and Usenet News Suite
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<p align="center"><img src="img/emailler-logo.png" alt="emai//er-logo" height="200px"></p>
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[Back to Main emai//er Docs](README.md#detailed-documentation-for-usenet-functions)
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## Subscribing to a Newsgroup
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This section outlines the steps for subscribing to a newsgroup.
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For example, suppose you want to subscribe to newsgroup `comp.sys.pdp11`.
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1) The first step is to add a new line to `NEWSGROUPS.CFG` for the newgroup subscription. `NEWSGROUPS.CFG` is found in the email root directory (`/H1/DOCUMENTS/EMAIL` using the example settings.) Start `EDIT.SYSTEM` and use the `Open Apple`-`O` command to open the file `/H1/DOCUMENTS/EMAIL/NEWSGROUPS.CFG`.
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2) Using `EDIT.SYSTEM` add a line to the file consisting of the newsgroup name, a space, the name of the mailbox you want to use to store messages, another space and the digit 0. For example, we may decide to use mailbox name `A.S.PDP11` for this newsgroup:
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```
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alt.sys.pdp11 A.S.PDP11 0
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3) Save the file with `Open Apple`-`S` and quit `EDIT.SYSTEM` with `Open Apple`-`Q`.
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4) Run `EMAIL.SYSTEM` and use the `N` (new mailbox) command to create the mailbox your chose in step 2 above (`ASP11` in this case.)
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3) Use the `Closed Apple`-`R` command to run `NNTP65.SYSTEM` and retreive messages from the newly-subscribed newsgroup.
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When the 'last message' field of the newgroup is zero, `NNTP65.SYSTEM` will download the most recent 100 articles from the newsgroup. It will then set the most recent article counter in `NEWSGROUPS.CFG` so that subsequent runs will retrieve new messages only.
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[Back to Main emai//er Docs](README.md#detailed-documentation-for-usenet-functions)
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