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.) -- Dennis S. Keeler | "Greater love has no one than this, that Miami University | he lay down his life for his friends." [log in to unmask] | -John 15:13, NIV