[leafnode-list] Re[2]: leafnode 2.0b8_ma7.1pre available

[Volker Apelt <volker_apelt@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 19:58:47 +0200 Raymond Scholz <rscholz@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Matthias Andree <ma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > Also note that texpire will by default delete articles that have lost
> > their message.id file unless you run it in repair mode. This means, if
> > there's a problem with your file system, IMMEDIATELY run it in repair
> > mode. The "-M" option to texpire is gone, it was undocumented anyhow and
> > is not too useful with the new semantics.
> 
> I just saw texpire deleting articles it should not delete...
> 
> F.e. I have this in my /etc/leafnode/config
> 
> ,----
> | groupexpire=de.alt.netdigest 365
> `----
> 
> Oldest article in de.alt.netdigest now is from 29th April 2001.  Same
> for other groups with groupexpire of 365 days.  Eeek, I lost half of
> my news archive :-(  Well, groups.google.com exists and it's not a
> production system anyway.

:-( , I had this kind of malfunction, too, with previous versions of 2.x_ma.

Maybe texpire should have a --dry-run & --verbose mode, which shows
what messages of which age will be removed without actually removing
anything. 

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