Subject: How do I get to see the full groups list?

From: Dieter Britz <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 14:42:08 +0100

Having subscribed to 6 groups, I now get to see only those 6. How do I
access the list of ALL groups, and how can I get that list into a file,
so I can print it and read it at home at my leisure?

-- Dieter Britz  alias  [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Wet-Sprocket)
Date: 14 Dec 1994 00:41:57 GMT

Comes here Mr. Ed Greshko with this opinion in the "comp.mail.pine"group in this article on Mon, 12 Dec 1994 05:22:35 GMT:

 +   > Ask the local News Admin. to keep a "full blown" sample newsrc file in
 +   > /usr/local/sample.

 +   	That will work, except in the case where the person asking *is*
 +   the administrator of their own system.

You are gonna like this: there's a faq in the making which completely lists
*all* the newsgroups and some relevant info about each newsgroup at:

       ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/usenet-b/report/abbreviated.txt

Check it out. Enjoy! Full credit goes to the FAQ maintainer. :)

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