Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!cbatt!ihnp4!uniq!rjnoe 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