Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!sugar!ficc!root
From: root@ficc.uu.net (The Super User)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Files clogging up /usr/spool/news.
Message-ID: <1723@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 5 Oct 88 20:45:40 GMT
Organization: Ferranti International Controls
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Running news 2.11.

I keep getting huge numbers of files named '.in*' popping up in
/usr/spool/news. They contain the text, sans header, of news articles.
I just had to move all the directories out of /usr/spool/news (as root, by
playing with directory links) and rm-r it because it was 56K. The
*directory* was 56K!

I also keep getting /tmp/L<article-id> files hanging around.

My history file keeps disappearing.

I presume these are all related. I suspect that somewhere in the news system
there is some software that says "64K segments, Xenix, I think I'll crash",
leaving all this junk floating around.

Anyone have any idea where I should look?