newsreaders may ignore comp.unix.wizards

Charles Shub cdash at margaux.colorado.edu
Wed Feb 27 12:49:01 AEST 1991


In article <whatever> adeboer at gjetor.geac.COM (Anthony DeBoer) writes:
=>  In article <2590 at root44.co.uk> gwc at root.co.uk (Geoff Clare) writes:
=>  >I was curious that the group had apparently not been re-created and checked
=>  >in the active file on our system, only to find that it was there after all.
=>  >A little investigation revealed that my newsreader (nn) had ignored it
=>  >because my .newsrc still had a line left over from the last incarnation of
=>  >comp.unix.wizards showing articles 1-19898 as read.  As the re-created
=>  >group started again from article number 1, nn has been treating all
=>  >articles as already read.  Other newsreaders may be doing the same.
=>  
=> Now, isn't this the sort of thing that would only be caught by a wizard? This

OBVIOUSLY NOT.  Just look at the drivel that has appeared here since the
recreattion.
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