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From: rjnoe@uniq.UUCP (Roger J. Noe)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: 2.11 cancel msg does not update history file
Message-ID: <226@uniq.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-Jan-87 12:29:40 EST
Article-I.D.: uniq.226
Posted: Wed Jan  7 12:29:40 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 8-Jan-87 02:44:10 EST
References: <301@rlgvax.UUCP> <322f30f0.982f@apollo.uucp> <308@rlgvax.UUCP> <1387@munnari.oz>
Organization: Uniq Digital Technologies, Batavia, IL
Lines: 13
Summary: A hollow voice says, "That's not a bug, it's a feature."

In article <1387@munnari.oz>, kre@munnari.oz (Robert Elz) writes:
> In article <308@rlgvax.UUCP>, dennis@rlgvax.UUCP (Dennis Bednar) writes:
> > i.e, the article is still pointed to by the history file, but should
> > say "cancelled" or "" instead.
> 
> This would be too expensive - history files are large, rewriting
> it for a cancel message would take forever.

But then expire will take care of the line when it runs later, since it will
not be able to open the file to see if there's an Expires: field or anything
else for that matter.
	Roger Noe			ihnp4!uniq!rjnoe
	Uniq Digital Technologies	rjnoe@uniq.UUCP