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OCR: NewsWatcher 2.0 UNIX Newsreaders and Unsubscribed Groups Some UNIX newsreaders insist on storing entries for unsubscribed groups on the .newsrc file as well as entries for your subscribed groups News :Watcher doesn 't need these entries for unsubscribed groups and doesn t use them for anything. When you get a .newsrc file News Watcher saves the entries for the unsubscribed groups in memory. When you send the .newsrc file back to the remote host News sWatcher appends the saved entries for unsubscribed groups back onto the end of the modified entries for your subscribed groups, and sends the result back the host. For compatibility with the UNIX newsread lers. News Watcher sPpe and subtracts entries and from the unsubscribed groups as you unsubscribe and subscribe to groups, and sppe any new ...