Auwvax.219 net.news.b utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!uwvax!jon Fri Jan 22 13:49:29 1982 how to lose .newsrc 1) type news 2) decide you don't mean it, and hit delete 3) when readnews gives you a header and asks (ynq), decide that it catches interrupts, and type q 4) realize that your delete caused news to skip reading .newsrc, but that your q told news to rewrite .newsrc; you should've hit x, which you've never before thought about. 5) write to net.news.b and suggest that readnews should keep track of whether .newsrc was successfully read. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.