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From: jeh@simpact.com
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Re: Selecting initial registered newsgroups
Message-ID: <773.257fa5e0@simpact.com>
Date: 8 Dec 89 19:15:28 GMT
References: <4898.257d63a7@cerritos.edu>
Organization: Simpact Associates, San Diego CA
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In article <4898.257d63a7@cerritos.edu>, tanner@cerritos.edu writes:
> When users run News for the first time, they are registered for all newsgroups.
> The same is true for existing News readers and newly created newsgroups.

The latter is supposed to be addressed by a profile option,
SET PROFILE/NONEWREGISTER (the default) or /NEWREGISTER[="pattern list"]. 
For /NEWREG, the pattern list defaults to *.  However, I have noticed 
that /NONEWREG doesn't seem to have any effect (other than changing the 
displayed profile).  

	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Simpact Associates, San Diego CA
Chair, VMSnet [DECUS uucp] and Internals Working Groups, DECUS VAX Systems SIG 
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