Aucbarpa.531
net.news.b
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:glickman
Tue Dec 15 22:55:15 1981
Old Newsgroup Hint
Here's a hint to Version B Managers.  When a newsgroup is officially
invalidated (nullified, disbanded, whatever), remove the active file
entry and the directory for the newsgroup.  If someone tries to submit
an article to this newsgroup then, they will get the "Do you wish
to create a new newsgroup called xxx?" question which may make them
reconsider.  Actually, the program only checks for the existance of
the directory but things can be really screwed if there is an active
file entry without a directory.  It can be dangerous to remove dot
files because this can cause article numbering to restart within
the newsgroup, which conflicts with .newsrc information and can
cause people to miss articles which may be important.  In other
words, don't remove the dot file until the newsgroup has really
been dead for a while.  I suppose this should be documented in
install.ms.

	Matt

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