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dillon@best.com (Matt Dillon) writes:
>    Are there any newsreaders that don't allow the equivalent of 
>    upper-case N to automatically not subscribe to all offered new
>    groups?

Here's what I do in my NN init file:

# New groups are silently appended to .newsrc with subscription
set new-group-action 3

# Keep unsubscribed groups in .newsrc
# Note if you set it off and use other newsreaders, like rn, they may all
# be put back in automatically...
set keep-unsubscribed on

# Remove newsgroups in .newsrc that are no longer in active list.
# If keep-unsubscribed is off, unsubscribed groups are also removed.
set tidy-newsrc on


And then whenever I log in I run "newgroups 10" - here's my newgroups
scripts:


---begin newgroups---
#! /bin/sh

# File Name: newgroups
# Author: Nancy McGough <nancym@ii.com>
# Archived At: ftp://ftp.best.com/pub/ii/Unix/Scripts/newgroups
# Creation Date: 19 December 1994
# Last Update: 19 December 1994

# Purpose: List newest N newsgroups added to your host's active file
# Assumptions: Variable active is set to the active file at your host

myname=`basename $0`

if [ $# -ne 1 ]
then
	echo "Incorrect number of arguments."
	echo "USAGE:  $myname NumberOfNewGroups"
	exit 1
fi

# Replace next line with path to your active file
active=/usr/lib/news/active
tail -"$1" $active |sed -e 's: [0-9]* [0-9]* : :' -e 's:\(^.* \)\(.$\):\2  \1:'
---end newgroups---

This way I can quickly scan new newsgroups when I log on but I don't
need to deal with them when I start my newsreader (nn).  If I do want
to check one of them out I use the G command to go to it and I don't
have to use the U command to subscribe because I'm already subscribed.

Do any other newsreaders allow you to silently add all new newsgroups
to your .newsrc with subscription?  What strategies do other people
use for dealing with new newsgroups?

Thanks,
Nancy
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