On 02/09/2008 07:31 AM, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > I recently started using Icedove for mail & news (until now, I only used > Iceape or a hacked Fedora Seamonkey version). > > I have some problems with "news". I have subscribed to a few > newsgroups offered by the news server at my ISP (news.planet.nl). > > Each time I click on a newsgroup (say, alt.html) a window pops up > asking if I want to subscribe to this newsgroup (to which I am > already subscribed). If I say "yes", a side-effect is that in the > "newsrc" file (in my case ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/default.lgh/News/ > newsrc-news.planet.nl) a new line is created for this newsgroup. > The newsrc file therefore tends to grow without bounds, with many > duplicate lines. > > Also, and because of this, it is impossible to unsubscribe from > newsgroups. If I try to unsubscribe, the number of duplicate lines for > this group in the newsrc is diminished by one. But as there are still > many left, the next time I start icedove I am still subscribed to that > group. > > Do other list members also get these "do you want to subscribe" popups > when using icedove for news? > > Regards, Jan
Hi Jan -- No. On up-to-date Etch, using icedove version 1.5.0.14pre (20071018), there is no problem here. You could close icedove, move your ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/default.lgh/News/ out of the way, and let icedove rebuild it upon restart. Then re-subscribe to your groups. I've never had your particular problem, but this solution has worked for re-setting subscriptions and message-read data for me before on earlier versions of thunderbird. Regards, Ralph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]