Totally off-topic, but perhaps someone knows the answer:
>
> On my linux box I use Pan, and I kinda like it. A couple of days ago,
> however, it got it into it's little digital brain that it would mark all
> messages as "read" as soon as it updates the headers in a newsgroup. This
> is a royal pain, as you can imagine.
>
> So, are there any Pan users out there who may know what setting I've
> accidentally messed up? What to look for? What to fix?
>
Try "Edit/Preferences - Behavior tab - "Automatic Dwnloads" - uncheck "Mark group's articles read when leaving a group."
Hope This Helps! Rich