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Also known as: newsrc, newsrc file
The client-side file recording which groups a reader subscribes to and which article numbers have been read in each, stored as a group name, a subscription marker, and number ranges such as 1-4023,4025. Because those numbers are per server, copying a .newsrc to a different provider marks entirely the wrong articles read. Modern readers keep the same information in their own databases instead.
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