Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!eci386!clewis From: clewis@eci386.uucp (Chris Lewis) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: New Newsgroup Queries Message-ID: <1989Sep25.213655.21377@eci386.uucp> Date: 25 Sep 89 21:36:55 GMT References: <17528@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: clewis@eci386.UUCP (Chris Lewis) Distribution: na Organization: R. H. Lathwell Associates: Elegant Communications, Inc. Lines: 30 In article <17528@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> jmorton@euler.berkeley.edu (John Morton) writes: >Every few days when starting rn I am hit with a series of new >newsgroup queries, e.g. "rec.veeblefetzer Do you wish to add? [yn]" >There are over a hundred of these, mostly local newsgroups set up >for various classes. I have typed "n" to these same newsgroups >many times over the last year, but the query returns about once >a week to bug me. One of the minor nits with rn is the fact that "Do you wish to add?" questions isn't "subscribing to a newsgroup", but is rather "should it be mentioned in .newsrc?" Rn simply compares the size of the active file to what it used to be, and if it's changed, starts looking groups in .newsrc that aren't in active and vice-versa. Hence, if you reply "n" to the "Do you wish to add?" message, the newsgroup will not be put in your .newsrc, but the very next time a new newsgroup comes along causing rn to search again, you will be asked again for the same newsgroup plus the one that triggered the search *this* time. Ideally, rn should automatically insert *all* new newsgroups in .newsrc, and then ask if you wish to subscribe (ala ":" or "!" in .newsrc). Until rn is fixed... *always* reply "y", and unsubscribe if you ever get prompted to read the newsgroup. S'not hard for the first part - hit space twice. The second? Just say "u". -- Chris Lewis, R.H. Lathwell & Associates: Elegant Communications Inc. UUCP: {uunet!mnetor, utcsri!utzoo}!lsuc!eci386!clewis Phone: (416)-595-5425