From: hollywood@netscape.ca   
      
   "Office"  wrote in message   
   news:4266c38f_1@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.   
   >   
      
   I can add that I accessed newsgroups through my netscape account at a   
   different computer. The groups accessed that way also stopped at March 2004   
   whereas the same groups access through another ISP were current.   
      
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