Alime.198 net.news.b utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!houxi!houxr!houxe!lime!glenn Wed Mar 17 21:11:13 1982 checknews + readnews = ...eh? Yup, the "checknews -> 'There is news'; readnews -> 'no news'" syndrome has happened to me too, but only since B news 2.0 has been installed.. - Glenn Golden ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.