Suddenly Im seeing “/r” or “/ra” in front of articles. Why?
It means that the article was previously retrieved, and usually happens when you use another newsreader to look at the same group, or if you unsubscribe and resubscribe to a group. It is only provided to your newsreader, and mostly happens with old articles. If you want to read old articles (according to their Date), but do not want to read the same ones again and again, then you can use the information stored in the etc/retrievd file in order to “mark” again previously read articles in the database with these /r flags. The logical procedure would be: 1) Add the server 2) Let it be explored 3) Issue the “NPAPPLYRETRIED” command, so that Newsplex reads the etc/retrievd file and “marks” with “/r” all the articles whose Message-ID is listed there. 4) Connect the newsreader and read the groups. The “previously retrieved” list can be deleted every once in a while.
