From: utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!ks Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: explain funny symbols please - (nf) Article-I.D.: pur-ee.501 Posted: Thu Aug 12 12:25:59 1982 Received: Sun Aug 15 02:32:50 1982 #R:utcsrgv:-51400:pur-ee:6900007:000:234 pur-ee!ks Aug 12 11:16:00 1982 Ah..., those funny symbols are merely the article ID header for the notesfile system (a 'new' screen driven news system). Notes is a generally more pleasing interface than readnews, and is available from decvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!essick.