## $Revision: 1.8 $ ## expire.ctl - expire control file ## Format: ## /remember/: ## :::: ## First line gives history retention; other lines specify expiration ## for newsgroups. Must have a "*:A:..." line which is the default. ## wildmat-style patterns for the newsgroups ## Pick one of M U A -- modifies pattern to be only ## moderated, unmoderated, or all groups ## Mininum number of days to keep article ## Default number of days to keep the article ## Flush article after this many days ## , , and can be floating-point numbers or the ## word "never." Times are based on when received unless -p is used; ## see expire.8 ## If article expires before 14 days, we still remember it for 14 days in ## case we get offered it again. Depending on what you use for the innd ## -c flag and how paranoid you are about old news, you might want to ## make this 28, 30, etc. /remember/:14 ## Keep for 1-10 days, allow Expires headers to work. *:A:1:8:never ## Some particular groups stay forever. dc.dining*:A:never:never:never uunet*:A:never:never:never