Xref: utzoo comp.sources.wanted:6316 comp.unix.questions:11622 comp.unix.xenix:4898 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!rutgers!cbmvax!snark!eric From: eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Wanted: smart expire scripts Message-ID: Date: 10 Feb 89 15:01:21 GMT References: <314@alzabo.uucp> Followup-To: news.software.b Organization: Benevolent Space Xist Retirement Home Lines: 15 In article <314@alzabo.uucp>, brian@alzabo.UUCP (Brian Hilchie) writes: > First off I would like to apologize if there is a more appropriate > newsgroup for this request. I don't yet have a full feed. Next time, try news.software.b. > - scan every user's .newsrc file and expire articles in newsgroups > that nobody subscribes to after one or two days In TMN-netnews, you can set the `volatile' flag on a group to arrange that any article seen by all subscribing users gets deleted by expire. -- Eric S. Raymond (the mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews) Email: eric@snark.uu.net CompuServe: [72037,2306] Post: 22 S. Warren Avenue, Malvern, PA 19355 Phone: (215)-296-5718