Subject: possible .newsrc problems on SUN-OS

From: Mark Crispin <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 19:31:27 -0700 (PDT)

Hello.

We have received at least three bug reports claiming that entries in .newsrc
are being massively deleted by Pine on SUN-OS.  As yet, we've been unable to
reproduce the problem on our SUN-OS machine; nor has anyone reported this
problem on any other platform.  The people who have reported it seem fairly
insistant that it happens every time.

I've spent today staring at the code, and I remain pretty much mystified as to
how it could happen.

Has anyone else encountered this problem?  Has it happened on any system OTHER
than SUN-OS?  Is the news access local or via NNTP?  When you notice the
problem, is there a good copy in .oldnewsrc?

This problem is at the top of my list, and will remain there until it gets
solved.  We apologize to anyone who's been bit by it.