In article <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001142017220.46499-100000 at thelab.hub.org>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy at hub.org> wrote; } %inndf -o } -1 % overview space used } } new server } } %wc -l ~/db/history } 7824 /usr/local/news/db/history If ovmethod is set to tradindexed, the current code always returns -1. -- Katsuhiro Kondou