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Mike McEwan <mike@lotusland.demon.co.uk> writes:


> 
>   Just a thought, it would appear a couple of others have been caught
> out with this, but do you have any `groups' files in your `agent.lib'
> directory for the server in question? If so, and you also have an
> `active' file, delete (or rename) the `groups' file. It would appear

If you are referring to posts on this list, I must have missed them
completely.  Do you recall the subject or some other key (searchable)
words. 

> that Lars has changed things such that the active ranges for
> newsgroups are now *always* stored in an `active' file regardless of
> whether the news server is responding to a `LIST ACTIVE group' or a
> 'GROUP group' command. Responses to the `GROUP' command are now
> converted to 'LIST ACTIVE' format prior to being stored in
> `~/News/agent/server/agent.lib/active'. When a group is being
> `activated' offline, I think it uses the`groups' file in preference to
> `active', if one exists.


That directory contains:
/News/agent/nntp/enews.newsguy.com/agent.lib/active   
/News/agent/nntp/enews.newsguy.com/agent.lib/history

I see no "groups" file.