"JP" wrote in message
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I shall be glad to know if there is any possible way to print or somehow
save the list of subscribed newsgroups in Outlook Express 6. OE6 on one PC
has 7 news-servers configured - each with an average of around 25 newsgroups
subscribed.


If you only had one news account and you hadn't visited newsgroups
but not subscribed to them you could get a list of your *.dbx in your
Message Store subdirectory as a good approximation to a list of your
"subscribed" newsgroups.

E.g. right-click Properties on an Outlook bar item.
Then press Tab to select the filename under the label:
"This folder is stored in the following file:"
Capture that selection. (E.g. press Ctrl-c)
Switch to a cmd window and type: cd /d
(with a trailing space g)
Then right-click, Paste. Remove the filename (e.g. press Backspace
back to the last backslash (\) and press Enter.

Then enter: dir/b/on *.dbx dbx.txt
(or whatever pattern you would like to list just some newsgroup .dbx,
e.g. for just microsoft.public ones you could enter:
dir/b/on microsoft.public.*.dbx mpdbx.txt
etc.)

Note the filter on that line captures the output of the command
into the same directory so it can be browsed and further edited
by Notepad (or printed or whatever else you like with it) later.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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System backups as well as OE message folder and accounts backup is done
religiously and regularly, but we were wondering if the list could be
saved - then re-subcscribing would be easier when one machine is due to be
replaced not too long from now!

Transferring over the accounts themselves will be no problem because all
accounts have been backed up - but these do not retain any listing of
subscribed newsgroups!

Regards and thanks in anticipation.

JP
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