Re: Excessively Large NEWS.DAT File

Michael Lavallee (mlavalle@ViaNet.on.ca)
Mon, 22 Apr 1996 22:15:41 -0400

In article <QkqexghDDROD090yn@spuddy.mew.co.uk>,
will@spuddy.mew.co.uk (William Boughton) wrote:

ML> I did run the RMGROUP program to remove old newsgroups, I run EXPIRE
WB> ^^^^^^^
WB> I have had problems with this, i found that if you rmgroup agroup before
WB> you expire all articles in it you can't get rid of the articles from
WB> the news.dat, i've run rebuild several times but it has no effect on
WB> rmgrouped groups that were not expired 1st.

That's certainly something to keep in mind. I deleted my spool file
earlier today, so I'm starting from scratch. Next time I feel inclined
to delete a newsgroup, I'll be sure to expire the articles first. :-)

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