At 11:40 AM 6/12/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Windows 2000 Pro
>DNews 5.5h2 Admin Tool
>
> From Menu, selecting GROUPS > Import group names from file
>
>OPEN dialog window pops up with looking for a file with the default
>name of "active.add"
>
>I tried creating a plaintext file and changed the name to "active.add"
>and placed it in the root directory.
>
>File's contents:
>
>alt.test1
>alt.test2
>alt.test3
>
>Once this file was created, I reselected: Import group names from file
>located active.add and hit OK. DNews responded with the following
>output:
>
>-> tellnews group_merge C:\Documents and
>Settings\rjfrisby\Desktop\active.add
>200 intel-server DNEWS Version 5.5h2, S0, posting OK
>281 Completed
>
>But none of the groups were added! What is the proper procedure for
>creating a file whose contents are a list of newsgroup names, which
>this IMPORT feature will be able to recognize and import? Are these
>..add files created by DNews itself? Does this import function even
>work with plaintext files?
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated!
Ahh, you've hit an odd bug, basically dnews is highly allergic to spaces
in directory names, so place your sample file somewhere other than on the
desktop, e.g. on the top of the c drive instead, and it should work ok.
ChrisP.
