Re: NNTP - how to check for removed newsgroups ?

On 7/28/2024 2:55 PM, R.Wieser wrote:
> Zaidy036,
> 
>> In a backup just search for news.<newsprovider>.org.rc
> 
> I'm sorry, but I have absolutily no idea what you are talking about there,
> what backup (of what) do you mean ?
> 
> And to forgo any confusion about it, I'm talking from the perspective of a
> newsgroup *client*.
> 
> Regards,
> Rudy Wieser
> 
> 
Any image or other backup.
news.<newsprovider>.org.rc contains message status

----Partial sample of mine in a text editor:
comp.mobile.ipad: 1-84069,84070
misc.phone.mobile.iphone: 1-161615,161616
alt.comp.microsoft.office: 1-160
alt.comp.software.financial.quicken: 1-19220,19221
alt.msdos.batch.nt: 1-17038,17039
alt.windows7.general: 1-197490,197491
microsoft.public.excel: 1-27922,27923
microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general: 1-9155
microsoft.public.word.vba.general: 1-12435
alt.comp.os.windows-10: 1-163979,163980
alt.comp.software.firefox: 1-3855,3856
alt.comp.software.thunderbird: 1-4075,4076
alt.comp.os.windows-11: 1-3553,3554