3 subscriptions - Default recommended subscriptions
7 The I<pathetc>/F<subscriptions> file contains a list of newsgroups that is
8 returned by the NNTP command LIST SUBSCRIPTIONS.
10 Clients that support this command and send it the first time they connect
11 to a new news server use the returned list to initialize the list of
12 subscribed newsgroups. The F<subscriptions> file therefore should contain
13 groups intented for new users, for testing, or that contain FAQs and other
14 useful information for first-time Usenet users.
16 The syntax of the F<subscriptions> file is trivial; it is a simple list of
17 newsgroup names, one per line. The order of newsgroups may be
18 significant; the news reading client may present the groups in that order
23 A typical F<subscriptions> file may look like:
25 news.announce.newusers
26 news.newusers.questions
33 news.announce.newgroups
35 This gives the client the FAQs and question newsgroup for new users first,
36 then a local newsgroup for testing and various commonly-read local
37 discussion groups, followed by the world-wide test groups, all the FAQs,
38 and announcements of new world-wide newsgroups. If there is a local new
39 users group, one might want to list it first.
43 Written by Bettina Fink <laura@hydrophil.de> for InterNetNews.