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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Expire problems
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.145059.1129@zoo.toronto.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 14:50:59 GMT
References: <1991Apr22.223930.19922@potomac.ads.com>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1991Apr22.223930.19922@potomac.ads.com> awolf@potomac.ads.com (Andy Wolf) writes:
>... I understand that
>the extra program for expiring certain articles (news.newusers.questions, etc.)
>is not needed for C-news.  AM I wrong? ...

C News expire should do the whole job, if it is working.

>... I trim back the expiry length in explist and then
>run doexpire as 'news', but not much happens! ...

Are you sure doexpire is working?  Are any problems turning up in the
"usenet" mailbox (or wherever you chose to send trouble reports)?  Is
the file "history.o" getting created in /usr/lib/news?

(Also sent via mail, but posted as it may be of more general interest.)
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And the bean-counter replied,           | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
"beans are more important".             |  henry@zoo.toronto.edu  utzoo!henry