• what does [number] after a folder mean?

    From Bernie Cosell@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 12 21:26:25 2022
    I just added a newsgroup [agent 8 on win10] and it is the folder list as
    newsgroup [2]
    what does that mean?

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  • From John Dillinger@21:1/5 to bernie@fantasyfarm.com on Sat Apr 16 07:18:07 2022
    On Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:26:25 -0700 (PDT), Bernie Cosell <bernie@fantasyfarm.com> wrote:

    I just added a newsgroup [agent 8 on win10] and it is the folder list as
    newsgroup [2]
    what does that mean?

    It means you have two newsgroup subscribed to by different news
    servers or by one if you have double subscribed to the same newsgroup
    on a Usenet server.

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