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Subject: Re: .newsrc, .newsrc.el <== Why?, .newsrc.eld
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Karl Kleinpaste <karl@jprc.com> writes:

> SL Baur <steve@xemacs.org> writes:
>> What earthly use is the .newsrc.el file?

> None.  .el is the file maintained by Old GNUS (v4.x and previous).

That makes sense.  I went searching through old records and found the
newsrc.el was last modified on the day I signed on to this mailing
list.

Now, how can I possibly delete it?  Its modification date is the date
I switched to Gnus5?  It seems like sacrilege ... :-)