Subject: Somehow I am subscribed to all Newsgroups Help

From: [email-masked] (Lou Fox)
Date: 24 May 1995 12:00:35 -0400

I don't know how it happenned but pine has me subscribed to every 
newsgroup.  I tried deleting my .newsrc file, which seemed to work 
because then I was subscribed to nothing.  So I subscribed to a couple of 
my favorite newsgroups, only to find that once I logged back into pine I 
was once again subscribed to all newsgroups.  Help.  I don't understand 
how to fix this.

Thanks.

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From: "J. Kelly Cunningham" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 11:57:33 -0600

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On 24 May 1995, Lou Fox wrote:

| Date: 24 MAY 1995 12:00:35 -0400 
| From: Lou Fox <[email-masked]>
| Newgroups: comp.mail.pine
| Subject: Somehow I am subscribed to all Newsgroups Help 
| 
| I don't know how it happenned but pine has me subscribed to every 
| newsgroup.  I tried deleting my .newsrc file, which seemed to work 
| because then I was subscribed to nothing.  So I subscribed to a couple of 
| my favorite newsgroups, only to find that once I logged back into pine I 
| was once again subscribed to all newsgroups.  Help.  I don't understand 
| how to fix this.
| 
| Thanks.
| 
| 

Try this:

         compress .newsrc
         zcat .newsrc.Z | tr ":" "\!" > .newsrc

That should UN-subscribe all groups.  Now, use Pine's menu to subscribe to
the groups you want.  Alternatively, you can edit .newsrc and change the !
to : on the groups you want.

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From: [email-masked] (Lou Fox)
Date: 25 May 1995 10:00:25 -0400

Thanks to everyone who helped me.  I didn't know about the difference 
between ! and : before.  

Thanks again.

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From: Ian Russell Ollmann <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 13:43:10 -0700

Use vi or some other simple find and replace text tool and replace all of 
the ":" with "!" in your .newsrc. That should unsubscribe you to everything.
I'm not sure what happens if you have a truncated or shortened .newsrc 
like you describe. If this doesn't work, copy one of your friend's over 
to your account and then do the find and replace again. 

				Ian

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From: [email-masked] (Lou Fox)
Date: 28 May 1995 21:42:36 -0400

Lou Fox ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I don't know how it happenned but pine has me subscribed to every 
: newsgroup.  I tried deleting my .newsrc file, which seemed to work 
: because then I was subscribed to nothing.  So I subscribed to a couple of 
: my favorite newsgroups, only to find that once I logged back into pine I 
: was once again subscribed to all newsgroups.  Help.  I don't understand 
: how to fix this.

As you all know the problem has been solved.

Several people asked if I can reproduce what happenned, and I can.  If I 
delete my .newsrc file, then start up tin, it recreates an .newsrc file.  
All newsgroups are originally unsubcribed to.  Once I exit and restart 
tin, however, all groups are once again subscribed.  By the way it 
doesn't seem to matter if I pick certain groups to subscribe to, it still 
subscribes me to all newsgroups.

Once again, thanks for all the help.  I don't read this newsgroup 
regularly so if you have anymore questions about what happenned please 
email again.