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Article #575Re: bug causing a corrupted .newsrc file
From: Michael T Pins
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 02:25
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 02:25
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pb@idca.tds.philips.nl (Peter Brouwer) writes: >X-Disclaimer: This opinion is mine alone >There is a bug in nn causing group names to be lost in the the .newsrc file. >There is a news group comp.lang.c!!. >When a unsubscribe is done on this newsgroup the .newsrc file loses the >newsgroups beneath the comp.lang.c!! line. >I solved this by disabling the group in the GROUP file. There certainly shouldn't be a newsgroup called comp.lang.c!!, as a ! is the unsubscribe mark in every major newsreader. There is a comp.lang.c++, which shouldn't cause any problems. If you do have a comp.lang.c!!, it's bogus and should be nuked. -- ***************************************************************************** * Michael Pins | Internet: amigapd@isca.uiowa.edu * * ISCA's Amiga Librarian | #include <std.disclaimer> * *****************************************************************************
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Newsgroups: news.software.nn Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.uiowa.edu!icaen.uiowa.edu!mtpins From: mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins) Subject: Re: bug causing a corrupted .newsrc file Sender: news@news.uiowa.edu (News) Message-ID: <1993Jan9.022528.8181@news.uiowa.edu> Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 02:25:28 GMT References: <pb.726481384@atperf.idca.tds.philips.nl> Nntp-Posting-Host: l_cae11.icaen.uiowa.edu Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA X-Newsreader: NN version 6.4.19 Lines: 20