[net.news.adm] Question on 'control' messages

espo@bpa.UUCP (09/27/83)

	How does one get to read info posted to the 'control' and
	'junk' directories, besides having to do it manually ??

	Does one have to be the administrative login for news ??

	Thanks in advance,

	Bob Esposito...sb6!bpa!espo

darrell@drux3.UUCP (Darrell McIntosh) (09/28/83)

You may, of course, read the 'control' and 'junk' newsgroups manually
using readnews with the -n option.  You may also add them to your
subscription list in your .newsrc file.  You do not have to be an
administrative login to do this.

Darrell McIntosh, AT&T Information Systems Labatories, Denver
(303) 538-3212, {ihnp4|hogpc}!drux3!darrell

mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) (09/28/83)

control, junk, and test are three newsgroups that it's assumed almost nobody
really wants to read.  There is code in readnews and checknews to turn them
off unless you explicitly ask for them.  Thus, subscribing to "all" does not
get you these three newsgroups, but subscribing to "all,control,junk,test" does.

	Mark