[4608] in SIPB bug reports
trn bogus newsgroup handling is bogus
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Calvin Clark)
Thu May 19 22:08:28 1994
Date: Thu, 19 May 94 22:07:20 EDT
From: Calvin Clark <ckclark@MIT.EDU>
To: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
trn seems to check for bogus newsgroups. This is fine. However, after
it's done checking my newsrc, and I tell it to delete the bogus grousp,
it immediately asks if I want to add another obviously bogus group.
This is what happened:
; trn
(Revising soft pointers -- be patient.)
Unread news in alt.2600.hope.d 1 article
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: alt.creative=cooking
Unread news in alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic 2 articles
Unread news in alt.recovery.phonics 4 articles
Unread news in alt.religion.amiga 5 articles
Unread news in alt.security.pgp 585 articles
etc.
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: alt.this.group.has.the.longest.name.of.any.alt.group.there.is.just.to.mess.up.your.newsreader
Checking out your .newsrc -- hang on a second...
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: ba.israelis
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: bit.listserv.emusic-l
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: bit.listserv.erl-l
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: bit.listserv.ethology
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: bit.listserv.india-d
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: bit.listserv.s-comput
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: comp.sys.hp
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: rec.autos
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: sci.space
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: talk.politics.space
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: vmsnet.admin
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: netcom.general
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: princeton.general
Warning! Bogus newsgroup: ka.fido.newfiles
Moving bogus newsgroups to the end of your .newsrc.
Delete bogus newsgroups? [ny]
Finding new newsgroups:
Newsgroup alt.alt.alt.alt.alt not in .newsrc -- subscribe? [ynYN]
