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Subject: Re: Is the history file really needed anymore?
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Date: Sat, 17-Jan-87 17:54:51 EST
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In article <2924@pegasus.UUCP> hansen@pegasus.UUCP (60021254-Tony L. Hansen;LZ 3B-315;6243) writes:
>So the answer is No, the history file isn't needed
>anymore, and the code's already been written to get rid of it.

Tony is right that the news software no longer needs the history file.
However, I've found that I, as the news administrator, sometimes do.
I have found it useful in determining whether an article has arrived,
which newsgroup(s) it can be found in, etc.  Also, when one of my neighbors
has had a glitch where they have lost a day's news, but they have multiple
feeds, I've found it useful for creating a file of message-ids that
arrived at my site during the period in question.  That file of message-ids
can be easily packaged into an "ihave" control message.  So, I guess I'd
prefer to have the history file around, at least as an option which I
could select.
-- 
Ron Heiby, cuae2!falkor!heiby	Moderator: mod.newprod & mod.os.unix
	Between jobs this weekend.
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