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From: tyager@maxx.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: SCO netnews problems
Keywords: Xenix,386,news,uucp
Message-ID: <7@maxx.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 88 06:56:11 GMT
Organization: SCO 386 system "maxx", Westborough, MA
Lines: 22
Posted: Sat Jan 16 01:56:11 1988

Hey, all:
I've just gotten my '386 system running with SCO Xenix and netnews, most of
which (as you can see) works fine, with a couple of exceptions:
  1. The dates and times in the "history" file are not correct. My system
     date, and the dates stamped on directory entries, are.
  2. 'expire' specified with -e 5 is failing to remove articles dating
     back 3-4 weeks ago! I'm using the -i switch as well to ignore
     expiration dates, but it's still not working. My filesystem is filling
     up fast, so I really need some help here. How does expire determine the
     creation date of an article??
  3. The "more (nn%)" prompt in 'vnews' displays incorrect percentages when
     reading long files; it wraps around into negative numbers.
I'm asking all this becuase SCO doesn't send sources with their netnews
distribution, and I'm sure there are many out there more familiar with this
code than I. I bow to your collective greater talent. So there.

Thanks in advance to all who offer to help. (TY)
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Tom Yager
E-Mail:  ... decvax!mkunix!maxx!root or ... maxx!tyager
"Eat a live toad in the morning; nothing worse will happen to you that day."