Ah, yes, but the current way is difficult enough that it serves as a deterrent from doing it at all. I suspect, then, adding the feature would create more load then it removes, and at the current state of the monestary, I'll take speed over useability.
Oh, BTW, have you seen Monastery NNTP Bridge? It's woefuly incomplete, but looks quite interesting, esp as you've often mentioned that you'd like such a thing. (I /msg'd you too, but you apparently don't read them.)
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