Newsgroups: news.software.b
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: C news expire: how do I get rid of this message?
Message-ID: <1990Feb26.235225.1721@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1990Feb26.204931.7667@idt.unit.no>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 90 23:52:25 GMT

In article <1990Feb26.204931.7667@idt.unit.no> he@idt.unit.no (Havard Eidnes) writes:
>	expire: wrong number of fields in `	635590719~-...'

I replied to the original poster by mail, as requested, but in case folks
are curious:  the message essentially means "corrupted history file", and
the fix is to either make local repairs (if you know what you're doing)
or rebuild history (if you don't).
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