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From: spain@mdcbbs.com
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Using CLASSES in NEWS
Message-ID: <596.2580dcf7@mdcbbs.com>
Date: 9 Dec 89 10:22:47 GMT
Organization: McDonnell Douglas M&E, Cypress CA
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I've been trying to separate my newsgroups into logical classes (the VaxNoter
in me is adapting) :-).  Could someone explain the following behavior?

First of all there seems to be two classes; $net and $local.  These classes are
created by default.  If you try to delete an entry from $net for example,
the prompt returns (no error) but the entry still remains in the class.  I
assume this is normal because NEWS wants to retain a record of ALL newsgroups
in your NEWSRC file.

I created alternative classes and then modified my profile to a default class.
Unfortunately, NEWS seems to ignore this default class.  What am I missing?

In addition, the OPEN/NEW command does not respect your current class.  Is
there a way to set your class and have the OPEN/NEW command stay within that
class only?
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