In article <[log in to unmask]>,
[log in to unmask] (Kent Covert) writes:
> In article <[log in to unmask]>,
[log in to unmask] (Dennis S. Keeler) writes:
>>         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.)
>
> Can you stop by sometime so we can investigate this.  I've been using
FASTLOAD
> for months with no problems.  In addition, I tried to make FASTLOAD do what
you
> said above and couldn't reproduce the problem.
>
> --
  When I first entered news after using fastload, it did the same thing,
loading all 1000+ into a file called SYS.; leaving only my registered groups
in the NEWSRC.  Now, news loads up MUCH faster, without any problems, and all
new newsgroups are placed in the SYS file.
 
Brian