A sample virtual newsgroup:

	A sample virtual newsgroup file.  Note that before the begin
virtual command any text is allowed.

begin virtual
#now strn will interpret lines as virtual newsgroup commands

###Only add unread articles.
filter unread
#Only display unread articles
display unread
#Don't bother displaying authors
display noauthor
#Do display the newsgroup the article is from
display group
#Don't add articles that score below -10
score min -10
#No limit on the maximum score that is allowed
score max off

#This group command tells strn to get the data files for news.future
group news.future

#The article in news.future with message-id <74925@foo.bar> will
#be added (if it has a high enough score), and given an alternate
#subject of "The universe vs. ARMM".
"The universe vs. ARMM" +<74925@foo.bar>

#The next article, also in news.future, will be added without an
#alternate subject.  (The true subject will be used for display.)
+<dkfjgkldsgINN2gsb@bletch.ick.com>

#Change over to another newsgroup
group local.announce
#Add the article number 765 with an alternate subject "Big Party!!!"
#(Note that article numbers are not portable to other news systems.)
"Big Party!!!" +765

#Articles following this command must have a minimum score of 5 to be added
score min 5

#Add all the unread articles scoring at least 5 points in the
#newsgroup news.announce.important (wouldn't want to miss a kremvax post!).
+news.announce.important

##Give me any really high-scoring articles in the news.* hierarchy
score min 20
+news.*

end virtual

	Arbitrary text is also allowed here.

begin virtual
score min 1
group soc.sniggles
+<asfg245INNdfasd@ick.com>
+<78439@bar.gov>
+<83677@lpqasgz.foobie.edu>
#The end of the file will act as an "end virtual".  This means
#that new commands can be easily added online.
#This is the last line of the virtual group file.
