On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 03:14:33 -0000 (UTC), Jim Henderson wrote: > On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:44:21 -0000 (UTC), David Chmelik wrote: > >> I used to use four newsservers with Pan. One closed, and another I >> stopped paying for because was mostly dead. I suspect Pan kept their >> newsrc entries despite I deleted those servers. Would it be possible >> to add option to delete newsgroups unlisted in any newsservers one >> still uses? I subscribed to 1,500+ so it's impractical to start over >> to do so. >> >> I use Gmane (second on my list). However, Pan, for some reason, set >> Gmane newsgroup posting profiles all to Eternal September, so I have to >> continually (re)set. There should be option if you add newsserver with >> more groups, set their posting profiles to that server. > > An option would be to look in ~/.pan2/newsrc-* and just remove the > newsrc files that are for the specific servers you want to remove from > the configuration. > > If you look at servers.xml, you can see which newsrc file corresponds to > which server. If you've already deleted the servers from the > configuration, just look at the remaining servers and delete the newsrc > files that aren't represented in that file, and you should be good. to > go.
Actually, digging a little further (and reading to the "posting profile" paragraph that I somehow completely missed - sorry about that), you could edit group-preferences.xml and do a search/replace for the old profile and new profile name. That file does contain all groups you've ever subscribed to, and I agree that an option to remove groups that are no longer unlisted would be beneficial. But a quick fix would be to search/replace on the posting-profile elements - that at least would save you having to manually set/reset individual groups each time you post. A "bulk edit" option would be nice. -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
