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AddNews Newsgroup conversion tool

This is a simple utility that will import a list of newsgroups in a plain text file into Wildcat.

Usage: ADDNEWS <name of text file> <starting conference number>

Example:

ADDNEWS newsgroups.txt 101

The text file must be formatted with one newsgroup name per line. ADDNEWS will ignore anything after the first space in the line. Here is an example of a properly-formatted text file:

alt.1d                  One-dimensional imaging, & the thinking behind it.

alt.2600                The magazine or the game system.  You decide.

alt.2600hz              Like alt.mag.2600, only different.

alt.266                 The fauna of 266 Flora.

alt.3d                  Three-dimensional imaging.

alt.abortion.inequity   Paternal obligations of failing to abort unwanted child.

alt.abuse-recovery      Helping victims of abuse to recover. (Moderated)

alt.abuse.recovery      Helping victims of abuse to recover.

alt.abuse.transcendence Non-standard ways to deal with all forms of abuse.

alt.activism            Activities for activists.

alt.activism.d          A place to discuss issues in alt.activism.

alt.activism.death-penalty      For people opposed to capital punishment.

alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb       The penultimate alt group.

alt.adoption            For those involved with or contemplating adoption.

alt.adoption.agency     Licensed non-profit adoption agency information.

alt.aeffle.und.pferdle  German TV cartoon characters das Aeffle und das Pferdle.

alt.agriculture.misc    Like sci.agriculture, only different.

alt.alcohol             Don't drink and drive on the Info...no, I can't say it.

alt.aldus.freehand      The other hand is busy.

alt.aldus.pagemaker     Don't use expensive user support, come here instead.

alt.alien.research      Extraterrestial body snatching for fun and profit.

alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk     Something about simoN.