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In article <mwarren.676636523@rws1> Mark Warren writes:

>    roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:
>
>
>>	The problem is, we don't want to invalidate everybody's .newsrc
>>   file.  Is there any reasonable way to make the article numbers (i.e.
>>   contents of the active file) on the new sun news server match those on the
>>   old vax news server, and stay in sync?
>
>    The good news is, the answer is very simple.  The bad news is, the answer
>    is a resounding NO.
>
>    OH PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, let SOMEONE tell me I am wrong!!!!

  Ok.  Maybe.  (-:  Beware that I couldn't find the original article here, and
don't know what news server you're using, but now is as good a time as any to
upgrade to CNews and learn all about RFC's.  (-:{

  When I went from one version of CNews to another, switching data-base types
(dbm to dbz), I just kept the old spool directory and configuration files (with
a few exceptions, and a few additions, and some translations, but all very easy
and having nothing to do with database conversions) and did a mkhistory.

  This program went through my spool directory and rebuilt my database.  Took
a while, but it kept my article ID's intact.  Very handy, because the
administrative Vax users with that touchy reader would have come chasing after
me with axes if they lost their daily installment of alt.romance.  (-:

  I'd guess that if you had any spool directory structure like CNews's and a
active file in a similar format you could have a fairly painless conversion.

								--- John

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