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!
 
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