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From: martyz@idui1.csrv.uidaho.edu (Marty Zimmerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Empty groups ( was Re: TheNews v2.02)
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Date: 11 Jun 91 21:25:52 GMT
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In article <1991Jun10.113850.4189@kingston.ac.uk> is_s440@ux.kingston.ac.uk
writes:

>When I open a news group and it asks for '200' or 'all'? I selected 200
>and got nothing.The same thing on a ci with system6 crashed the machine.
>

The code in TheNews 2.02 that converts your old newsrc file to the new format
seems to have some bugs.  I had the same problem with blank article lists,
because TheNews was trying to load articles that did not exist on the server.

At least that's what *I* think is happening.  After I viewed all the groups
once, the problem went away.  Other than this problem, it is working fine for
me, and my department is planning to buy a site license for our new Mac lab. 
It is slower than the previous versions, though.

Marty Z.
martyz@idui1.csrv.uidaho.edu