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From: munnari!csc.anu.oz.au!gih900@UUNET.UU.NET (Geoff Huston)
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Subject: RE: Using CLASSES in NEWS
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Date: 16 Dec 89 00:30:00 GMT
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Reply-To: Geoff Huston <munnari!csc.anu.oz.au!gih900@UUNET.UU.NET>
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>First of all there seems to be two classes; $net and $local.  These classes are
>created by default.  If you try to delete an entry from $net for example,
>the prompt returns (no error) but the entry still remains in the class.  I
>assume this is normal because NEWS wants to retain a record of ALL newsgroups
>in your NEWSRC file.
     
These classes are computed classes - the criteria for selection are the
newsgroups which are set to /LOCAL are in class $local - others are in $net
     
     
>I created alternative classes and then modified my profile to a default class.
>Unfortunately, NEWS seems to ignore this default class.  What am I missing?
     
This sounds like a bug - I'll look at the default class selection code.
     
     
>In addition, the OPEN/NEW command does not respect your current class.  Is
>there a way to set your class and have the OPEN/NEW command stay within that
>class only?
     
hmmmm I'll have to look at this one.
     
Geoff