dcox@ssd.kodak.com (Don Cox (253-7121)) (11/11/90)
I created a new group to be used just within my department using the
command 'addgroup ispd.general y'. The group was created properly, but
no one is alerted to the fact that the group was created when they
call up rn. Whenever a new group is established on the net I am
questioned whether or not I want to subscribe to it, why wasn't I
asked for the local group?
I am running the latest version of C News on a Sun4/260 running SunOS4.0.3.
Thanks.
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INTERNET dcox@ssd.kodak.comstealth@caen.engin.umich.edu (Mike Pelletier) (11/15/90)
In article <1990Nov10.215424.27362@ssd.kodak.com> dcox@ssd.kodak.com (Don Cox (253-7121)) writes: > >I created a new group to be used just within my department using the >command 'addgroup ispd.general y'. The group was created properly, but >no one is alerted to the fact that the group was created when they >call up rn. Whenever a new group is established on the net I am >questioned whether or not I want to subscribe to it, why wasn't I >asked for the local group? > The problem lies with rn's mechanism for determining whether a newsgroup is new or not. From what I can figure out, it seems to look to see if one article has been posted to it, and if it has, then it offers it to you. If nothing has been posted or if dozens of articles have been posted, it won't ask you. With NNTP, it would be a snap to use the newgroups command, but I think rn has more to worry about than that... This flaw is one reason I was spared an offer to subscribe to alt.tv.twin-peaks, since it had a good number of articles in it when rn first checked on it for me. -- Mike Pelletier - Usenet News Admin & Programmer "Wind, waves, etc. are breakdowns in the face of the commitment to getting from here to there. But they are the conditions for sailing -- not something to be gotten rid of, but something to be danced with."
sob@tmc.edu (Stan Barber) (11/15/90)
rn (with patch level 48) will now detect new newsgroups via NNTP correctly.
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Barber Opinions expressed are only mine. Baylor College of Medicinekwthomas@nsslsun.gcn.uoknor.edu (Kevin W. Thomas) (11/16/90)
In article <1990Nov14.200204.25707@engin.umich.edu> stealth@caen.engin.umich.edu (Mike Pelletier) writes: >The problem lies with rn's mechanism for determining whether a newsgroup >is new or not. From what I can figure out, it seems to look to see if >one article has been posted to it, and if it has, then it offers it to >you. If nothing has been posted or if dozens of articles have been posted, >it won't ask you. With NNTP, it would be a snap to use the newgroups >command, but I think rn has more to worry about than that... That is a bug with the "rrn" part of "rn". The bug is fixed in "rn" patch 48, posted within the past week. With the new patch, users may all of a sudden be notified of hundreds of "new" newsgroups. The average at my site was about 200 "new" groups. == kwthomas ==