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- From: kjelli@hstud6.cs.uit.no (Kjell Irgens)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: Thor not deleting messages properly..
- Date: 15 Feb 1996 11:12:32 GMT
- Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway
- Message-ID: <4fv4f0$14f@news.uit.no>
- References: <1178.6618T721T1569@moor.slip.uky.edu>
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- In article <1178.6618T721T1569@moor.slip.uky.edu>,
- Wally@moor.slip.uky.edu (Walter R Francis) writes:
- >
- >I have my global prefs set where it keeps messages for 3 days, and a max of
- >200 messages.
- >
- >I have several Amiga, Amateur radio, and bicycle newsgroups that I get from
- >the server and it all works fine, except I haven't read my bicycle newsgroups
- >in about two weeks and it's NOT deleting the messages in those newsgroups.
- >
- >I am trying to figure out why it's doing it, I can go in and clear them out
- >myself I suppose.
-
- >The configuration for those newsgroups is set to Use Global. Does Thor not
- >delete unread messages with PackBBS?
-
- No, it never deletes messages you haven't read. I agree that it is a
- weakness in Thor that you can't do this. Currently you have to catchup or skim
- through the messages to get rid of them.
-
- >rec.bicycles.tech : 1131 1131
- >rec.radio.amateur.antenna : 207 200
- >
- >I haven't read any bicycle newsgroups recently, and they're ALL set up the
- >same way!
- >
- >It takes about 4 minutes to load in the stupid messages... *sigh*
-
- If I were you, I had skimmed through the messages and done a catchup. Eivind
- should make some better sollution here...
-
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