Re: '!' in newsrc

Debra Walker (debraw@wwa.com)
Fri, 05 Jul 1996 19:30:13 -0500

In article <7fA3xo3qBGaU091yn@airmail.net>,
pcrown@airmail.net (Phil Crown) wrote:

>I just had something change every entry in my newsrc file to '!', which
>makes it impossible to get any news.
>
>Does this happen if souper tries to get news while the news server may
>be having problems?
>
>This has happened two or three times, but it is very rare. Seems like
>it happened most often when my new server was having problems awhile
>back.

I have had the same thing(s) happen to me, with Souper95, when my
ISP's news server is having problems, or when I have a DUN connection
that is not working properly (at the time). I just go back to
.newsrc, edit and replace each instance of "!" with ":", save it, and
try again.

I hope that helps.

Debra Walker

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Debra Walker         debraw@wwa.com
Chicago, IL