In article <[log in to unmask]>,
[log in to unmask] (Kent Covert) writes:
> In article <[log in to unmask]>,
[log in to unmask] (Bart) writes:
>>  Last year I remember i deleted a few hundred newsgroups from my NEWSRC file
>> that I had no intention of ever reading, which greatly sped up the time it
took
>> for news to load up.  I tried this again yesterday, but the next time I went
>> into news, it added all the deleted groups back into my NEWSRC file as "New
>> newsgroup, not registered" (or something like that).  Is there any way to
>> prevent this?
>
> There is an UNDOCUMENTED, UNSUPPORTED way to do this.  The command
>     NEWS> SET PROFILE/FASTLOAD
> will force NEWS to only save the newsgroups that you are registered to.
>
> *** Warning ***
> This command is NOT documented and is NOT supported in ANY fashion by Miami
> University.  USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
>
        I suggest against using this command until we can answer the original
question (i.e. once I delete a newsgroup from my NEWSRC, how can I keep it from
being added again). I tried out FASTLOAD, which I assume did delete most of my
NEWSRC (didn't actually check). When re-entering news, however, all the
newsgroups were re-added. I had to wait for 1000+ newsgroups to scroll past as
it said, "New newsgroup, not registered: blah.blah.blah" (Kent, don't think
this is an attack on your advice. You made it very clear that FASTLOAD was
unsupported. I thank you for giving us this "extra" information.)
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