Re: Delete NEWS.DAT?

A.R. & F.L. Scott-Thoennes (sthoenna@peak.org)
Wed, 21 Aug 1996 19:49:23 -0700

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In article <n0RDys67JuwI090yn@World.std.com>,
Jroberts@world.std.com (James A. Roberts) wrote:
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>
>I have no unread articles. I ran EXPIREX -r and then REBUILD -s.
>My NEWS.DAT file still has 18,000 bytes in it. I am assuming the
>NEWS.DAT file should be empty. Can I just delete the NEWS.DAT
>file?
>
>I am running YARN.090 for DOS.
>
>Jim Roberts

Could you have one or more articles in a newsgroup in yarn that you are
not subscribed to (e.g. junk)? Press <Insert> at the newsgroup selection
level for a list of unsubscribed newsgroups.

If you did delete your news.dat, I would recommend a rebuild -o after your
next import, just in case.

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