Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news.b Subject: Re: WHY is our 'active' file getting trashed? Message-ID: <6767@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Apr-84 02:38:45 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.6767 Posted: Thu Apr 26 02:38:45 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Apr-84 04:38:04 EST References: <172@boulder.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 13 Sounds like your have lines like the following in your active file: net.flame 00012 net.news.group net.sources 00003 If you had an active file like that, when inews received an article in "net.news.group", it would write the new number in place of the five digits you see there at the end of the line. OOPS. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci (301) 454-7690 UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland