Re: Excessively Large NEWS.DAT File
Michael Gray (LabRat@i-link.net)
Fri, 19 Apr 1996 20:55:34 -0500
In article <pd8dxcEAsRWA090yn@ViaNet.on.ca>, mlavalle@ViaNet.on.ca (Michael Lavallee) wrote:
>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. :-)
Have you tried running NEWGROUP on the deleted newsgroups to add the
newsgroup back into your AREAS, then running REBUILD to put them back
in the history? This should let you go back in, mark them as read,
expire them and finally RMGROUP the offending newsgroup(s). Sounds
like a lot of trouble, but if there is a lot of space tied up in these
messages, it may be worthwhile. I haven't actually tried this, just
sounds like it might work. It might save having to delete all the
messages in your database.
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