What does "Articles: 2 of 585/23" mean?

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3 total messages Started by Tom McCain Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:41

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Author: Tom McCain
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:41

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When I'm in the article selection menu I see "Articles: 2 of 585/23"
in the upper right hand corner of the screen.  I've figured out that
the 2 (in this example) means 2 articles available.  What does the
585/23 mean?  Thanks!

--tom
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Re: What does "Articles: 2 of 585/23" mean?

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Author: ron c carman
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:09

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tom@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Tom McCain) writes:

>When I'm in the article selection menu I see "Articles: 2 of 585/23"
>in the upper right hand corner of the screen.  I've figured out that
>the 2 (in this example) means 2 articles available.  What does the
>585/23 mean?  Thanks!

   "Articles: 2 of 585/23" means:

        2 articles in the current group
      585 total new articles in *all* subscribed groups
       23 total subscribed groups with new articles  

RC Carman


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Re: What does "Articles: 2 of 585/23" mean?

#583

Author: Sven Guckes
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 09:36

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tom@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Tom McCain) writes:


>When I'm in the article selection menu I see "Articles: 2 of 585/23"
>in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
>I've figured out that the 2 (in this example) means 2 articles available.
>What does the 585/23 mean?

It means: 585 articles in 23 groups to read until nirwana.

Sven :)

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