Deleting all old postings

[Russ Allbery]

Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich at gmx.at> writes:

> Remove all groups:
>
>   awk '{printf "ctlinnd rmgroup %s\n", $1}' /var/lib/news/active

Be aware that if you're using tradspool, INN doesn't delete the articles
on disk during rmgroup.  It's a long-standing problem.

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