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- From: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith)
- Subject: Re: Best way to read News??
- References: <4bnkp4$gvo@grissom.powerup.com.au> <meteor-3012950840590001@10.0.2.15> <MVGTx*A52@wolf359.exile.org>
- X-NewsReader: GRn 3.0b24 December 30, 1995
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- Message-ID: <mbs.46jx@adastra.cvl.va.us>
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 96 18:43:45 EDT
- Organization: Only if you insist...
-
- In article <MVGTx*A52@wolf359.exile.org> Eric@wolf359.exile.org (Eric Edwards) writes:
- > In article <mbs.46h0@adastra.cvl.va.us>, Michael B. Smith writes:
- > > GRn uses a grnrc file (which you've created) to list the newsgroups
- > > to scan.
- >
- > The grnrc file is binary. I know of no way of editing it without firing
- > up Grn and loading in all the new news. If there is another way, please
- > tell.
-
- Nope, no other way.
- >
- > > GRn only uses an active file when you are ready to subscribe
- > > to new newsgroups.
- >
- > Right. But I really do want to subscribe to new groups from time to time.
- > Then it's a problem. I am reading from a remote server but Grn insists on
- > loading my local active file. My local active file doesn't have anywhere
- > near as many groups as the remote server has. If it did, I wouldn't be
- > trying to read remote.
-
- GRn 2.1 reads uulib:news/active. If you want it to d/l a copy of the
- active file from the server (which it will happily do) then remove,
- or rename, uulib:news/active.
- --
- // Michael B. Smith
- \X/ mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us
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