Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 14:43:48 -0500 (EST) From: Eric Ogren <pitlord@dementia.net> To: "Victor A. Sudakov" <vas@vas.tomsk.su> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, graphite@taurus.bekkoame.or.jp Subject: Re: cannot make suck work Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970321144232.1342B-100000@dementia.net> In-Reply-To: <199703211723.AAA01734@vas.tomsk.su>
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> > I created the /usr/local/etc/sucknewsrc file which looks like this > > alt.fan.tolkien -1 > rec.arts.books.tolkien -1 > relcom.education -1 > relcom.fido.ru.unix -1 [snip] > > When I run this script I get the message that there are no articles on > news.tomsk.su: > 0 Articles to download, 0 dupes removed > Processing History File, experimental version > Elapsed Time = 0 mins 0.00 seconds > Processed history, 0 dupes removed > Total Articles to Download: 0 > No articles. > Closed connection to mpeks.tomsk.su > vas# Instead of putting -1 for the message number, you should use 0. -1 just makes suck update the newsrc file; it's sort of like the catchup feature of tin. That should (hopefully) fix your problem. Eric
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