Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!pyrltd!trevan!trevor
From: trevor@trevan.uucp
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Problems with checkgroups with cnews
Message-ID: <1990Sep20.124459.7639@trevan.uucp>
Date: 20 Sep 90 12:44:59 GMT
Organization: Trevan
Lines: 97

When I get a checkgroups message I get two messages mailed to news which
seem to disagree. Chechgroups also complains about control and junk which
are in the localgroups file and so should not be reported.
Please could some explain what is happening. Here are the messages


From news Tue Sep 18 20:00:39 1990
From: news@trevan.trevan.co.uk ()
X-Mailer: 
To: news
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 90 19:00:37 BST
Message-ID:  <9009182000.aa15731@trevan.trevan.co.uk>
Status: RO

Subject: Problems with your active file

The following newsgroups are not valid and should be removed.
	alt.graphics
	comp.mail.maps
	control
	junk

You can do this by executing the commands:
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup alt.graphics
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup comp.mail.maps
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup control
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup junk

The following newsgroups were missing.
	alt.angst
	alt.bbs.waffle
	alt.censorship
	alt.games.gb
	alt.lang.cfutures
	alt.models
	alt.sex.pictures.d
	bit.listserv.folklore
	bit.listserv.hit
	bit.listserv.space
	bit.listserv.vmrel6-l
	comp.sources.apple2
	comp.text.sgml
	comp.unix.admin
	comp.unix.large
	comp.unix.misc
	comp.unix.msdos
	comp.unix.programmer
	comp.unix.shell
	comp.unix.sysv286
	comp.unix.xenix.misc
	comp.unix.xenix.sco
	comp.windows.x.announce
	misc.forsale.computers
	rec.food.restaurants
	rec.games.mud
	rec.pyrotechnics
	soc.culture.nepal

From news Tue Sep 18 20:00:06 1990
From: news@trevan.trevan.co.uk ()
X-Mailer: 
To: news
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 90 18:59:47 BST
Message-ID:  <9009181959.aa15686@trevan.trevan.co.uk>
Status: RO

Subject: Problems with your active file

The following newsgroups are not valid and should be removed.
	alt.graphics
	alt.tennis
	comp.ai.philosophy
	comp.lang.objective-c
	comp.mail.maps
	comp.org.eff.news
	comp.org.eff.talk
	comp.unix.internals
	comp.unix.sysv386
	control
	junk

You can do this by executing the commands:
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup alt.graphics
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup alt.tennis
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup comp.ai.philosophy
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup comp.lang.objective-c
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup comp.mail.maps
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup comp.org.eff.news
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup comp.org.eff.talk
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup comp.unix.internals
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup comp.unix.sysv386
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup control
	 /usr/lib/newsbin/maint/delgroup junk

-- 
				regards trevor
						trevor@trevan.co.uk