On 10/5/2016 11:46 PM, Daniel wrote:
> On 6/10/2016 8:58 AM, NoOp wrote:
>> On 10/5/2016 5:55 AM, Daniel wrote:
>>> I seem to recall that, somewhere in my SM profile, there is a file for
>>> my UseNet news server, which records which news groups I have subscribed
>>> to on that news server and which messages I have read with-in each of
>>> those news groups.
>>>
>>> Could someone provide the name please. My UseNet server is
>>> eternal-september, so I think the name is something like
>>> newsrc-news.eternal-september.org. If so, can I edit the file, or might
>>> it just be easier to delete the group from my UseNet account and then
>>> just re-subscribe??
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>
>> You can easily find the path to the file this way:
>> Edit|Mail & Newsgroups Account
>> Settings|news.eternal-september.org|Server Settings - and there you will
>> find under 'Message Storage' the path to the newsrc file. Example:
>>
>> Linux
>> /home/<user>/.mozilla/seamonkey/<userprofile>.default/News/newsrc-news.eternal-september.org
>>
>> Windows
>> C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\SeaMonkey\Profiles\<userprofile>.default\News\newsrc-news.eternal-september.org
>>
>> Click the 'Browse' button and you'll be taken to the file folder. Look
>> for the newsrc file for the appropriate newsgroup
>> (newsrc-news.eternal-september.org).
> 
> Thanks for this, NoOp. That is basically what I was doing, where I was 
> going, but I don't get a chance to Edit it, either using Right Click or 
> Organise.

You can't edit from within SeaMonkey. Copy the path, close SeaMonkey and
go to Windows Explorer, paste in the path and edit the file from there.

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