2.9BSD/usr/contrib/news/src/help
Command Meaning
y Yes. (Or just hit return.) Prints this article and goes on.
n No. Goes on to next article without printing current one.
d Digest. Breaks a digest article up into seperate articles.
q Quit. Update .newsrc if -l or -x not used.
U Unsubscribe. You won't be shown this newsgroup anymore.
c Cancel an article you posted.
r Reply. Reply to article's author via mail.
f [title] Submit a follow up article.
N [newsgroup] Go to next newsgroup or named newsgroup.
s [file] Save. Article is appended to file (default is "Articles").
s |program Run program with article as standard input.
e Erase. Forget that an article was read.
h Print verbose header. Use H for extremely verbose header.
! Shell escape.
<number> Go to message #<number> in this newsgroup.
- Go back to last article.
x Exit. Don't update .newsrc.
v Version. Print current news version number.
c, f, r, e, h, and s can be followed by -'s to refer to the previous article