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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!news.sgi.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!usenet
From: burton@bsampley.vip.best.com (Burton Sampley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: knews ?
Date: 8 Jan 1997 03:07:31 GMT
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X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.7
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Is there a way to prevent knews from checking for new news groups with my ISP
every time I first run knews.  My ISP 'subscribes' to 20000+ news groups, so it
takes forever to allow me to visit my favorite groups (like this one).

Any suggestions?


Thanks in advance,


Burton Sampley