[net.news] problems with NEWSRC variable

rwg (02/21/83)

We run 2.7 news, so sorry if this is obsolete stuff.  I wanted
to put my .newsrc file into a `news' subdirectory, and found out:
  1) the path you set NEWSRC to must be unrooted
  2) `checknews' breaks if your news file isn't in $HOME/.newsrc
both of which are, if only slightly, annoying.
  Rich G. ({floyd,mcnc,decvax}!idis!mi-cec!rwg)
  (Pardon any weirdness in the article; testing a new `postnews')