nico@Micrognosis.Los-Gatos.CA.US (Speaker-to-Workstations) (06/07/91)
My active file seems to be extremely out of date, as witnessed by having huge numbers of messages like "Unknown newsgroup comp.windows.x.motif not localized" appear every time I get a batch of new news. I'm assuming that the "newgroup" control messages for these groups were never received or processed properly, thus, the active file got out of date. Further reading seems to imply that the "checkgroups" control message comes with a complete list of the current "official" newsgroups, and causes both the active and the newsgroups files to be updated. Only problem is, who sends "checkgroups" messages? I don't seem to have received one of these since March (that was the last time "newsgroups" was modified). Am I correct in thinking one of these should bring my active & newsgroups files up to date? I am running B news ver 2.11. Any help anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks, nico -- nico@micrognosis.los-gatos.ca.us Vique's Law: "A man without religion is like a fish without a bicycle."