From: hollywood@netscape.ca   
      
   "Doug G"  wrote in message   
   news:Q_edneI_UP_T0PvfRVn-3A@comcast.com...   
   > Office wrote:   
   >> "Doug G"  wrote in message   
   >> news:Y5idnezLQ_XdF8DfRVn-qw@comcast.com...   
   >>> Office wrote:   
   >>>> "Doug G"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:39idnYLPmLLX6MjfRVn-jw@comcast.com...   
   >>>>> Office wrote:   
   >>>>>> Does anybody know if there is a general "settings" folder for the   
   >>>>>>  newsgroups?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> What version of Netscape?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 7.1   
   >>>   
   >>> The "news.server.name.rc" file in your profile's \*.slt\News   
   >>> folder can be reset by editing it in Notepad.  Close 7.1 before doing   
   >>> so.   
   >>>   
   >>> If the file's contents looks like this:   
   >>>   
   >>> alt.netscape: 1-54264,54266   
   >>> alt.fan.mozilla: 1-18717   
   >>> news.newusers.questions: 1-598641   
   >>> comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage: 1-299992   
   >>>   
   >>> Change it to this:   
   >>>   
   >>> alt.netscape: 1-   
   >>> alt.fan.mozilla: 1-   
   >>> news.newusers.questions: 1-   
   >>> comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage: 1-   
   >>   
   >> I found it. There are no numbers after the newsgroup names.   
   >   
   > It sounds like you haven't used Netscape 7.1's Mail & Newsgroups window to   
   > read newsgroups.   
      
   Not very often. I usually use Outlook Express. Both methods have the same   
   problem, i.e. nothing listed after March 2004.   
      
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