INN 2.3.3: expire(8) doesn't

[Patrick Schreurs]

Ben,

Did you add the -N option to expire? Without -N expire will
ignore your expire.ctl config.

Greetings,

Patrick Schreurs
News-Service.com

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Ben Rosengart wrote:

> I use cycbuffs for everything except panix.*, which is stored in
> tradspool.  groupbaseexpiry is set to "true".  Here's my expire.ctl,
> minus comments and whitespace:
>
>   /remember/:0
>   *:A:1:30:360
>   *.answers:A:1:45:120
>   panix.*:A:1:never:never
>   panix.test:A:1:7:10
>   panix.staff.*:A:30:360:720
>   panix.staff.corp-web:A:30:90:180
>   panix.staff.tech-staff:A:1:never:never
>   alt.config:A:7:60:120
>   news.announce.newgroups:A:7:60:120
>   news.software.nntp:A:1:14:90
>   rec.arts.startrek.info:A:1:45:120
>
> Expiry on the cycbuff stuff is to keep the size of overview and
> history reasonable.  My problem is that panix.* is not being expired.
> I tried running expire by hand with "-ntvxz foo" and ended up with
> an empty foo.  I'm at a bit of a loss.  Thoughts, suggestions,
> questions?  Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Ben Rosengart                                            (212) 741-4400 x215
>
>  Unix gives 0.35 t/ha extra yield.
>  Can you afford to ignore the Unix difference?
>