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3.9. The NEXT command

3.9. The NEXT command

3.9.1. NEXT

   NEXT

The internally maintained "current article pointer" is advanced to the next article in the current newsgroup. If no more articles remain in the current group, an error message is returned and the current article remains selected.

The internally-maintained "current article pointer" is set by this command.

A response indicating the current article number, and the message-id string will be returned. No text is sent in response to this command.

3.9.2. Responses

   223 n a article retrieved - request text separately
           (n = article number, a = unique article id)
   412 no newsgroup selected
   420 no current article has been selected
   421 no next article in this group


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