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From: heiby@cuae2.UUCP (Ron Heiby)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: History file trimmer wanted
Message-ID: <354@cuae2.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 5-Jul-85 11:22:36 EDT
Article-I.D.: cuae2.354
Posted: Fri Jul  5 11:22:36 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jul-85 10:50:21 EDT
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Reply-To: heiby@cuae2.UUCP (Ron Heiby)
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I think the program you want is called, "expire".  It comes with the
netnews software.  It has the advantage of deleting old articles in
addition to the old history lines.  Be sure to upgrade to 2.10.2
netnews.  I have had no problems with its "expire" command.  Good luck.
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Ron Heiby	heiby@cuae2.UUCP	(via ihnp4)
AT&T-IS, /app/eng, Lisle, IL	(312) 810-6109