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From: emv@starbarlounge (Edward Vielmetti)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: news software speedup
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Date: 31 Mar 88 23:04:09 GMT
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In article <44282@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV> rick@seismo.CSS.GOV (Rick Adams) writes:
>95% of the sites should not bother with keeping a history of expired
>artciles. However, I think it is important that "major" sites keep the
>old history. They usually have the resources to do it, and by doing so
>will "defend" the "minor" sites from old articles.
>
>--rick                        

How many days of expired articles are necessary?  Or, to put it another way,
how many do you keep lying around?  I think mailrus is at about 30 days right now.


Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan mail group.