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From: kre@munnari.oz (Robert Elz)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: creating groups
Message-ID: <1320@munnari.oz>
Date: Tue, 18-Nov-86 15:15:30 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 18 15:15:30 1986
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Organization: Comp Sci, Melbourne Uni, Australia
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Summary: editing active is fine, if you know what you're doing...

Adding/removing newsgroups by editing the active file
directly is fine if you know what you are doing, and
watch for (and prevent somehow) activity from the news
system while you are doing it.

In 2.11, inews -C works properly, its probably slightly
easier than editing active (a toss up maybe), so I'd
recommend inews -C.

Versions of news before 2.11 had anti-social versions
of inews -C that insisted on broadcasting the newgroup
message that should have been local.

So, if you have 2.11, use inews -C, you're less likely
to break your news system.  If you don't have 2.11, get it!

Robert Elz		seismo!munnari!kre