From: doug4179@comcast.net   
      
   Office wrote:   
   > "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.   
   >   
      
   I'd contact the ISP by telephone and ask them what's wrong with the news   
   server.   
      
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