To Read News Using trn:

Note: There is another Unix newsreader: Pine. If you are more familiar with that, feel free to use it.

1. At the Unix prompt (">"), type: trn sunyab.cse.111 <return>

2. The first time only, you will see an introductory message that tells you that you can type h at any prompt to get a list of commands.

3. The first time only, you will see the following prompt:

   Newsgroup sunyab.cse.111 not in .newsrc -- subscribe? [ynYN]
   

   Enter y <return> in order to subscribe.

   Next, you will see the following prompt:

   Put newsgroup where [^Lq]
   

   Enter h <return> for help or ^ <return> (i.e., Shift+6 <return>) to put it in the 0th position.

4. Next, you will see something like this:

   ====== 2 unread articles in sunyab.cse.111 -- read now? [+ynq]
   

   Hit <return> to signal that you do want to read them.

5. You will then see a list of messages, something like this:

   a William Rapaport 1 test message
   b William Rapaport 1 2nd test message
   -- Select threads (date order) -- All [Z>] --
   

   This means that there are two messages, labeled `a' and `b', both from William Rapaport, whose subjects are "test message" and "2nd test message".
   Hit <return> to start reading.

6. After each message you will see a prompt like this:

   End of article 5 [of 5] -- what next? [npq]
   

   Enter:

   p <return>	to re-read the message
   s filename <return>	to save the message to the file named filename
   n <return>	to read the next message
   q <return>	to quit reading messages

7. When there are no more messages, you will see this:

   ****** End of newsgroups -- what next? [npq]
   

   Enter q to quit.

To Post News Using Pnews

1. At the Unix prompt, enter: Pnews sunyab.cse.111 <return>

2. At the Distribution (): prompt, enter: sunyab <return>

3. At the Title/Subject: prompt, enter: title/subject of message <return>

4. You will then see the following message:

   This program posts news to machines throughout the organization.
   Are you absolutely sure that you want to do this? [ny]
   

   Enter: y <return>
   (Note: Enter n <return> if you want to quit.)

5. At the following prompt:

   Prepared file to include [none]:
   

   Enter: <return>
   (Or: Enter the full-path name of a Unix file, followed by <return>, if you want to include a file you have already written.)

6. You will then be prompted for an editor:

   Editor [name of editor]:

   Enter: pico <return>
   (Or just enter <return> if name of editor is already pico.)

7. You should then get the Pico screen with a message header, with some information already filled in. Use the arrow keys to go to the line below Cc:,
   and start typing your message.
   Exit Pico when you are done.

8. You will then see the following message:

   Your article's newsgroup:
   sunyab.cse.111          [no description available]
   
   Check spelling, Send, Abort, Edit, or List?
   

   At this point, you can enter:

   C --- check spelling; returns you to this prompt
   S --- send message; kicks you out of Pnews & returns you to Unix prompt
   A --- abort; kicks you out of Pnews & returns you to Unix prompt
   E --- edit message; puts you back in Pico
   L --- list (i.e., show) message for proofreading; returns you to this prompt

To Reply to a Posted Message while Still in trn:

After reading a message, among your options (all listed by typing h) are the following four:

f --- submit a followup article
F --- submit a followup article & include a copy of the article you are following up.
r --- reply through net mail to the poster of the article
R --- reply through net mail to the poster of the article & include a copy of the article you are replying to

If you choose either F or R, be sure to edit the included copy so that your readers don't have to re-read the entire thing!