[news.software.b] rn and-or active file question

curry@bdrc.bd.com (Joan Curry) (07/18/90)

We use rn to read news. I want to keep users from being asked whether
they want to add new newsgroups to their .newsrc, when these are groups
our site doesn't even receive.

Seems like I could do this by keeping those groups out of my active file.
But I read somewhere in the documentation that my active file should
contain all the existing groups, whether we get them or not.

So what problems will surface if I disregard that and keep only the
groups we receive in the active file? Or is there a better way to
accomplish what I want?

Please respond by email. I'll post a summary. Thanks.
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