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| Message-Id | <hlun3g-se1.ln1@aretha.foo> |
|---|---|
| From | Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> |
| Subject | Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux |
| Followup-To | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Date | 2019-08-31 02:15 +1000 |
| References | <ko8e2g-8h1.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Followups directed to: comp.os.linux.misc
Sorry for the late reply. I don't think anyone else has touched on
(what I think is) the problem, so here goes...
Groovy hepcat Carlos E.R. was jivin' in alt.os.linux on Thu, 15 Aug 2019
06:49 am. It's a cool scene! Dig it.
> Since some days ago Thunderbird insists that the groups
> alt.comp.os.linux (and alt.comp.lang.pascal) do not exist and wants to
> unsubscribe from them. I hit cancel, but after a while it asks again.
>
> 1) How can I make it stop? Because I see those groups in the lists of
> groups to subscribe to. Asking once is enough, I said no. Asking a
> hundred times a day...
>
> And the directory /var/spool/news/alt/comp/os/linux is populated with
> old messages (I use leafnode), so the group does exist on the server.
I've had similar problems with leafnode. It insists on removing groups
that haven't had any attention for a while. It does this by removing
them from /var/spool/news/interesting.groups/. They're just empty
files, existing only to tell leafnode which newsgroups to download. But
for some reason these files keep disappearing. This is very irritating!
There doesn't seem to be an elegant way to stop this behaviour. I've
tried making all files in this directory read only, as well as creating
a script to make sure these files exist whenever I run fetchnews. It is
as follows:
===============================================
#!/bin/bash
while read ng
do
touch /var/spool/news/interesting.groups/$ng
done < /usr/local/etc/newsgroups.txt
chmod 440 /var/spool/news/interesting.groups/*
===============================================
This must be run as root, and the file /usr/local/etc/newsgroups.txt,
which it reads, must contain the list of newsgroups you want, one per
line. I run fetchnews from another script that first calls this script.
> 2) Have those groups really disappeared?
From your leafnode setup, yes.
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Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-14 22:49 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-08-14 17:30 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 00:17 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-08-14 18:30 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 12:49 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux wimpunk <wimpunk+news@gmail.com> - 2019-08-19 16:21 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2019-08-19 16:27 +0100
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-19 23:10 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2019-08-19 23:50 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-20 22:58 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2019-08-21 16:37 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-22 00:57 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2019-08-22 07:37 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2019-08-21 21:37 -0600
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2019-08-22 07:35 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-08-19 15:26 -0700
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-08-19 18:52 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-20 23:03 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-08-20 17:55 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-21 11:32 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-08-21 07:13 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-22 00:44 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-08-21 07:42 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-22 00:28 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-08-21 15:43 +0000
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-22 00:30 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2019-08-21 17:53 +0100
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-08-21 18:53 +0000
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-22 00:53 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-08-22 02:33 +0000
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2019-08-21 22:24 -0500
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-24 09:42 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-22 00:48 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-20 22:58 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-08-14 17:56 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-08-14 15:23 -0700
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 12:52 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-08-15 07:14 -0700
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2019-08-15 17:33 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 17:57 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux jrg <jeff.g.group@att.net> - 2019-08-15 10:24 -0700
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 19:40 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@sympatico.ca> - 2019-08-15 15:09 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 21:33 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@sympatico.ca> - 2019-08-15 16:03 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 22:17 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2019-08-15 12:53 -0600
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 21:33 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-08-15 15:42 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2019-08-14 19:33 -0600
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-08-14 23:52 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> - 2019-08-15 11:35 +0200
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2019-08-31 02:15 +1000
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-08-30 20:24 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-08-31 03:54 +0000
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-08-31 00:03 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2019-09-02 13:37 +1000
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-09-02 19:54 -0400
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2019-09-04 19:37 +1000
Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2019-09-02 13:34 +1000
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