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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Has anyone done this?
Message-ID: <1657@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 20 Nov 89 15:02:30 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corp R&D Center
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  I have seen several postings lately which refer to the problem of
having threads which lack the original article. I have an aide which I
would like to implement, but I want to draw on the experience of the
net.

  What I propose is to modify expire to check references and use a
longer expire time on articles which are the subject of an xref. What I
would like is feedback on (a) has someone done it, (b) does it have any
non-obvious drawbacks?

  I have some tools in place which keep disk space under control, so I
won't get in trouble with things staying around too long, although I may
lose them if disk gets tight.

  Please post useful info to help trigger comments for others, and
*mail* flames. 
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon