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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: RN bothering users about groups "not in .newsrc"
Message-ID: <2926@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 15 Nov 90 16:33:01 GMT
References: <506@tygra.ddmi.com> <2870@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <1990Nov15.035246.9805@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corp R&D Center, Schenectady NY
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In article <1990Nov15.035246.9805@ccu.umanitoba.ca> mills@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gary Mills) writes:

| I always thought it was a bit silly to ask you `y' or `n', and if you
| answered `n', to ask you again next time.

  I did a patch to add 'u' to the options list and add unsubscribed, and
I sent it to the person who posted the last patches, but it never came
out. If I were doing it again (I may) I would change the promp to be
"subscribe?" and always add it. This may grow the .newsrc to the point
where some old reader will melt, however.
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
    VMS is a text-only adventure game. If you win you can use unix.