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From: david@ukma.UUCP (David Herron, NPR Lover)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: why multiple newsgroup entries in .newsrc?
Message-ID: <949@ukma.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 17:35:21 EST
Article-I.D.: ukma.949
Posted: Thu Feb 21 17:35:21 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 24-Feb-85 02:33:38 EST
References: <192@moncol.UUCP>
Organization: Univ. of KY Mathematical Sciences
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In article <192@moncol.UUCP> ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder) writes:
>>Several of us at this site are curious about this one:  One's .newsrc
>>file often contains multiple entries for a particular newsgroup.
>>For instance, my .newsrc has about 20 entries for net.tv.soaps and
>>net.games.football.  Close behind are net.tv.drwho and net.games.baseball.
>>Why is this?
>The problem is your site's 'active' file.  Each time readnews is run,
>your .newsrc file is made to look like (same newsgroups, same order)
>the active file.  { The active file keeps track of what articles are
>present at your site }  Have your system administrator go through his
>active file and delete inappropriate entries.  Next time you readnews,
>your .newsrc will be fixed as well.

Ok.  I've seen this problem here.  (We run 2.10.1, as it comes out of
the box, no bug fixes/etc.)  I looked through the code and could not
figure out *why* any duplicate entries would get into the active
file in the first place.  Can someone tell me that???

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