Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site persci.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!tikal!cholula!persci!bill From: bill@persci.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: RE: Stolen Modem (need rn modification) Message-ID: <205@persci.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 12:05:54 EDT Article-I.D.: persci.205 Posted: Mon Jul 1 12:05:54 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 8-Jul-85 00:39:20 EDT References: <2939@drutx.UUCP> <1294@elecvax.OZ> <904@sdcsla.UUCP> <259@runx.OZ> <203@persci.UUCP> <1491@utah-gr.UUCP> Reply-To: bill@persci.UUCP (Bill Swan) Organization: Personal Scientific, Woodinville WA Lines: 16 Summary: >>One slight (related) problem is that the latest version of 'rn' doesn't >>prompt for distribution. In fact, it behaves as if such a thing didn't >>exist, outside of a line in the header. >Gee, the latest version of 'rn' that I am using, which I took straight >as it came off the net, prompts for a distribution in the 'Pnews' >command. This is what one would normally use for posting a new message >(as opposed to a followup). Maybe whoever installed 'rn' on your system >disabled this question? >=Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA) OK. Pnews does prompt. I was thinking of replies to messages that had no distribution set, or are they getting removed? I've seen a *lot* of articles that didn't have any specific distributions specified. Perhaps 'rn' could ask, in this case..? -- Bill Swan {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill