Changi NNTP Server 1.0
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expire.conf
This optional file is used to apply different expiration times to
articles of different groups. Upon startup, Expire will try
to locate this file in CHANGIWORKDIR, unless otherwise specified
by option -c or the CHANGIEXPIRECONF environment variable.
Each line in this file consists of three fields separated by spaces.
Empty lines as well as lines containing descriptive comments are
accepted. Comment lines should be marked with character #
in the first column. All other lines must be given in the following
format:
grouplist minkeep maxkeep
grouplist
This field is a comma separated list of newsgroup patterns, to which
the following expiration times will apply.
minkeep
This field specifies the minimum time to keep any article. This is
the normal age at which an article expires. Even if an article contains
an explicit expiration date in its header, it will be kept for at least
this time period.
maxkeep
The third field defines the maximum time to keep any article. This
parameter is used to get rid of articles with an explicit expiration
date too far in the future. You should specify a very long period,
about two to three months, so you don't accidently destroy periodical
postings with long update delays.
To define time values for minkeep
and maxkeep
,
you may simply give a number, which will be interpreted as the number of
days you want to keep articles. Furthermore you may add a single letter
representing one of these a units:
h hours
d days (default)
w weeks
Combinations like 1d12h
are possible, which means one
and a half day.
Note, that the sequence of entries is important too. Lines
at the end of the file may override previous definitions.
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