Re: Subscribing to newsgroups, again and again

Gregg wrote:
> Please forgive me if this topic has been covered, but I posted this to 
> the Netscape 7 group, which seems to have disappeared in the last day or 
> two:
> 
> When I try to read the newsgroups to which I have subscribed for years, 
> I get a dialog box asking if I want to subscribe to that newsgroup. 
> Every time. It doesn't seem to make a difference whether I click on OK 
> or Cancel: I'm then asked if I want to download the last 500 headers.
> 
> Lee has suggested that the problem might stem from the server these 
> groups are on, which could make sense since it doesn't happen with 
> *this* server, but beyond that, I'm stuck.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Gregg
Maybe a preference file has become corrupted?
Check in

users->your home directory->library->preferences folder.

Another suggestion: the file preferences.js located in your user profile 
may have become corrupted.

Have you got a recent backed up copy of your profile--you should if you 
do not. Try using the backed up profile and see if the issue goes away.

--One day you will kick yourself if you do not have a recently backed up 
profile.