Re: Newsgroups file out of control!
On 8 Feb 2020 Bernard Boase wrote:
> On 31 Jan, ricp@... typed:
>> I cleared out the contents but today it's back up to 95MB and counting.
>> So what's feeding it and how can I stop it?
> Dunno. Did you delete all the contents of file 'newsgroups'? What effect
> did that have on Messenger's functionality?
Yes. I deleted the file as it was too big to open, and created an empty
one. It carried on as before. It there a RISC OS equivalent of more?
> And it would be nice to know what it's for, since my current version (2MB
> and constantly updated) not only lists newsgroups, but also has a huge
> number of lines like this:
> # 200131 161007
> What might they be for?
Looks like date and time of fetch.
> As to your question, it's Newshound that has the Misc choice 'Enable
> newsgroup list fetching', and so I assume it's responsible for fetching
> lists of newsgroup names. What happens if you untick it?
It's unticked and has been. Anyway things have now returned to normal.
Richard
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