Readnews and signals....

[Geoff Collyer]

Readnews actually catches SIGHUP (a hangup signal) and last time I
tried it, it updated my .newsrc (which was a real pain since I was
planning to type x to get out without update).  Readnews might still be
susceptible to multiple hangups in rapid succession (depending upon
your kernel's treatment of signals), or perhaps was hit by a SIGKILL
due to 4.2BSD's rlogin.

Readnews is far too cavalier about rewriting .newsrc and has trashed
enough .newsrc's that I copy my .newsrc to a backup file before I read news.

Don't confuse B news with production software.  Remember, B news is Bad news.