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Re: [leafnode-list] leafnode doesn't unsubscribe unread groups
On Tue, 20 May 2003, Bruno Rohee wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 04:11:02PM -0400, Gerry Doris wrote:
> >
> > I checked my setup (RH 7.3 and latest leafnode). leafnode is still
> > downloading news groups that I haven't accessed in months. The messages
> > are being expired correctly after being kept for two weeks.
> >
> > I am the only user so no one else is reading them. leafnode downloads new
> > messages in subscribed news groups every 6 hours. It is not running in
> > delaybody mode.
>
> Define "accessed". If those groups are still subscribed in your newsreader
> they'll get "touched" even if you do not activly read them. That's enough
> to keep leafnode subscribed...
My news reader hasn't had those news groups listed for months. I thought
they were long gone. However, I checked today in the interesting.groups
and there they were. I checked my logs and fetchnews has been happily
downloading new articles. Also, ls -lc shows that the files had been
updated as late as 13:00 today.
--
Gerry
"The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer
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