david@jc3b21.UUCP (David Quarles) (12/08/89)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PLEASE forgive me if this is the incorrect group in which to post ... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= We have a program on our UNIX based machines here that is very nice (usually) to use to read the news from USENET. It is called vn Has anyone ever encountered this problem ?? I have been unable to get help from the sys. admin. at this site (we don't really have one). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HERE IS THE PROBLEM : =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The file "vn" is supposed to read the USENET newsgroups. It usually works very well when it is working. It is supposed to read _ONLY_ the newsgroups to which you 'subscribe.' One can subscribe to the newsgroups of interest and see others with 'vn -n <newsgroup>.' My problem is that when I run vn, I get _all_ the newsgroups with any traffic instead of just the ones which I want. I have checked a file called '.vna09343' which lists the newsgroups and has a ':' by the ones I am supposed to be fed, but I still get all the traffic. Presently, my only recourse is to call each group with 'vn -n <newsgroup>'. Any ideas I can try ?????? Please Email as our system is small and we cannot keep news for more that a day (gets deleted). Email: david@jc3b21.UUCP =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Thanks for your time helping this untrained unix user. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-= Email: david@jc3b21.UUCP -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dave =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EOT