Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-ngp.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!werner From: werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: ? how to keep .newsrc clean ? Message-ID: <305@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 06:29:15 EST Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.305 Posted: Tue Feb 21 06:29:15 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Feb-84 01:26:01 EST Organization: Comp. Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin Lines: 10 RRRaaaiiiddd .... (anyone seen the dead bug yet?) can anyone explain what causes duplication entries for news-groups in file .newsrc ?? how to avoid it ? and why sorting the file in alfabetical order seems to contribute to the duplication? what are the side-effects and how best fix it? (I assume that this is of general interest and worth posting here and, maybe, elsewhere. Apologies for my ignorance to all ..... werner @ ut-ngp