>As far as I can see, there is no difference between folders and newsgroups.
>They only contain a pointer to the article in the database. Old versions
>of Yarn had one file for each folder or newsgroup, but after the change
>it looks like everything is kept in one file.
Messages in folders are not stored in news.dat, so I think that there
are differences between them.
Furthermore, messages in folders are not purged or expired. They stay
in the folder as long as you don't delete them.
At least, that's what I understand from my setup.
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