Re: Excessively Large NEWS.DAT File

Michael Lavallee (mlavalle@ViaNet.on.ca)
Fri, 19 Apr 1996 13:03:37 -0400

In article <U53dxof7AJZV090yn@planet.fi>, smok@planet.fi (Sami Kivela) wrote:

ML> I've got articles dating from well over 30 days - 27 February - in
ML> newsgroups that I no longer read and have deleted.

>I noticed that this happens if I remove the newsgroup before I have expired
>all messages in that newsgroup.
>
>I solved the problem by deleting NEWS.DAT, but that probably isn't what
>most of those who have this problem would want to do.

An interesting solution. I'll try that next time I feel the urge to
drop a newsgroup, thanks.

What I think I'll have to do is delete the spool file and start
building it up again, unless you or anyone else here has a better way
to go about it. :-)

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