Xref: utzoo news.admin:15161 news.software.b:8228 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!DIALix!metapro!bernie From: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Subject: Re: admins should expire news.announce.newusers at 90 days Message-ID: <1991Jun12.012118.25420@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> Date: 12 Jun 91 01:21:18 GMT References: <14957@ector.cs.purdue.edu> <1991Jun11.173229.21529@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: MetaPro Systems, Perth, Western Australia Lines: 16 In <1991Jun11.173229.21529@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: >Where did you get the idea that it doesn't? Both B News and C News expire, by >default, always respect the Expires: header, although C News expire lets the >sysadmin set bounds on it. (We ship with a default 90-day bound in our sample >explist file.) And another feature is that one set expiry criteria based on moderation state. This is important, as it allows paying attention to the Expires: lines only in moderated groups. Every little bit helps. -- Bernd Felsche, _--_|\ #include Metapro Systems, / sold \ Fax: +61 9 472 3337 328 Albany Highway, \_.--._/ Phone: +61 9 362 9355 Victoria Park, Western Australia v Email: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au