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From: news@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Network News)
Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.admin
Subject: Re: Annoying problem with rn (v2.11.18)
Summary: rn and bnews disagree
Keywords: rn
Message-ID: <4044@ur-cc.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 89 20:59:28 GMT
References: <739@excelan.COM>
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In article <739@excelan.COM> peter@na.excelan.com (Peter Tran) writes:
>Hi,
>I am running a very annoying problem with "rn" (Bnews 2.11.18).
>Everytime I got into "rn" it asked if I wanted to add such and
>such newsgroups. Is there a way to control it? It theoretically
>should ask me once, and If I don't want to subscribe to these
>newsgroups, it should not ask me again.
>
>Could any news guru give me any advise on how to fix this?

	B 2.11 news (as we, and apparently you, have it configured) doesn't
create the directory for the news group until the first article hits your
system.  Rn objects to this and after finding the first news group in your
.newsrc file that doesn't have a corresponding directory goes "berserk".  Talk
to your news administrator.  I found it easiest to write a shell script that
creates the directory along with creating the news group.  This will prevent
the problem you are seeing.