checking news problem

I have the previously discussed problem of checking news taking 3-4
minutes. The only fix I could find with a search engine was to delete
and recreate the .jnewsrc file. Does that mean I have to use the
--create option and resubscribe to the groups I want? That means I
will get all previously read messages. I haven't seen any other fix
nor have I seen anything addressing the cause.

Just FYI the output of slrn --debug &HOME/slrn.debug was unintelligible
to me.

I would appreciate any help anyone can give. Thanks.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
"If you think you're getting free lunch,
  check the price of the beer"

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