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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I don't want a "user experience" - I just want stuff that works.

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