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Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick

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From "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
Newsgroups comp.mail.pine
Subject Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick
Date Tue, 17 Mar 2026 03:13:13 -0000 (UTC)
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Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im> wrote:
>On Mon, 16 Mar 2026, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im> wrote:

>>>What's the correct way to persist marks ? I may have done something wrong
>>>at some point.

>>The one I use with eternal-september is named
>>.newsrc-news.eternal-september.org

>What is the purpose not to use default .newsrc file ?

If you are going to play selective quoting games, then I cannot help
you. In the part of the quote you cut, I explained alpine's naming
pattern so it can be used with multiple News servers.

>>and permissions are 644.

>>-rw-r--r--

>>My guess is you have a permission error.

>ls -la .ne*
>-rw-r--r--  1 x  staff  473 16 mars  21:20 .newsrc
>-rw-r--r--  1 x  staff  427 16 mars  06:00 .newsrc.old

Those permissions are correct. You are going to have to wait till the
programmer reads the newsgroup and offers a suggestion.

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    Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-03-16 23:18 +0000
  Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-03-16 23:23 +0000
    Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im> - 2026-03-17 03:14 +0100
      Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-03-17 03:13 +0000
        Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im> - 2026-03-17 05:06 +0100
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            Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im> - 2026-03-17 19:26 +0100
              Re: NNTP: marking all posts as read does not stick "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-03-17 18:31 +0000
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