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Subject: 
descriptions for newsgroups?
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:35:42 GMT
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MATTDM@MATTDM.antispamORG
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  jadzia:~$ lugnet -d
  slrn 0.9.4.3 (Apr 27 1998 15:58:34)

  Reading startup file /usr/lib/slrn/slrn.rc.
  Reading startup file /home/mattdm/.slrnrc.
  Connecting to host lugnet.com ...
  Connected to host.  Posting Ok.
  Creating description file /home/mattdm/.jnewsrc-lugnet.dsc.
  Getting newsgroup descriptions from server.
  Note: This step may take some time if you have a slow connection!!!

  Server failed on list newsgroups command.

Hey!

Don't lugnet groups have a description?


--
Matthew Miller                      --->                  mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us                       --->             http://quotes-r-us.org/



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  Re: descriptions for newsgroups?
 
(...) Good catch -- I haven't yet made the script that converts the big description into little descriptions... The 'newsgroups' file spec has some weird requirements -- the descriptions have to start on column 24 (or something) and be less than 56 (...) (26 years ago, 30-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)

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