In article <[log in to unmask]>,
[log in to unmask] (March Hare) writes:
> In article <[log in to unmask]>,
[log in to unmask] writes:
>>    OK, I have another problem.  The other day, I went into news, and as soon
as
>> it said "Reading NEWSRC.", it crashed and didn't go into news.  So I deleted
>> NEWSRC., and was then able to get into news.  But now if I ^Z out of news
and a
>> new NEWSRC. is created, the same problem occurs when it tries to read the
file
>> when I try to go back in.
>>    Anyone?
>
> News gets very upset when it runs out of disk space, and it will
> mercilessly crash without warning.  Do a SHOW QUOTA and make sure you
> have enough disk space.  You need to have at least enough to hold another
> copy of NEWSRC., because your old one is kept until you exit out.
>
> But, consider this also:  leaving just enough may not be good enough.
> I have been in news before and could not exit out because of receiving
> mail.  Bummer!
 
Hmmmm....NEWS isn't supposed to let you exit if you don't have enough disk
space.  I guess I'll have to put this on my list of things to look into.
Thanks.
 
> BTW - On MIAVX1, I used to be able to SPAWN out of news and do some
> cleaning up.  On OCEAN, though, I can't do that.  It tries to spawn
> out, but just jumps right back.  Is this OCEAN, or has another patch
> been put into News?
 
Can you stop by and show me this one.  I've tried it from several different
accounts and it seems to work for me.
 
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