Forget it its nothing important. IE can do it however.

Matt Giwer wrote:

> Thomas Lake wrote:
>
> > No I didn't mean I wanted to run multiple copies of it. What I meant was that I
> > would like to be able to add the same newsgroup server to the program twice.
>
>     Were I writing such software, I have no idea how I would distinguish the two as
> they are the same unless that were a specific option upon adding. And I do not see
> why any rational programmer would want to do that.
>
>     A newserver has a unique internet ID. I would have to alias all IDs to have
> multiple instances of any one. (Not really but not doing so would make it even
> harder.)
>
>     I can go fuirther but bottom line is, I can't see why anyone would write a
> reader doing what you want.
>
>     Which does not mean it is a bad idea. Just what benefits do you see from this?
>
> > I
> > like to have 2 copies of the server one I keep all of my permanent newsgroup
> > subscriptions on. I use the other one when I want to just quickly look at a
> > newsgroup. I find it makes it easier to just brows through a newsgroup and see
> > weather I want to make it a permanent subscription. Strange I know.
>
>     AHHH!! (Maybe?)
>
>     You mean that Netscape does not have a "mark unread" function or an option not
> to mark read at all while browsing and also while not marking read automatically to
> mark specific messages as read while browsing.
>
>     Free Agent has all such  functions.
>
>     Does that address your needs?
>
>     All those are in free agent vice agent for $US29 or some such. Free agent is
> almost embarrassware it gives you nearly everything for nothing.

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