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- ## $Revision: 1.8 $
- ## expire.ctl - expire control file
- ## Format:
- ## /remember/:<keep>
- ## <patterns>:<modflag>:<keep>:<default>:<purge>
- ## First line gives history retention; other lines specify expiration
- ## for newsgroups. Must have a "*:A:..." line which is the default.
- ## <patterns> wildmat-style patterns for the newsgroups
- ## <modflag> Pick one of M U A -- modifies pattern to be only
- ## moderated, unmoderated, or all groups
- ## <keep> Mininum number of days to keep article
- ## <default> Default number of days to keep the article
- ## <purge> Flush article after this many days
- ## <keep>, <default>, and <purge> can be floating-point numbers or the
- ## word "never." Times are based on when received unless -p is used;
- ## see expire.8
-
- ## If article expires before 14 days, we still remember it for 14 days in
- ## case we get offered it again. Depending on what you use for the innd
- ## -c flag and how paranoid you are about old news, you might want to
- ## make this 28, 30, etc.
- /remember/:14
-
- ## Keep for 1-10 days, allow Expires headers to work.
- *:A:1:10:21
-
- ## Keep certain groups for a month (like answers, etc).
- news.announce.newusers:A:31:31:31
-
- ## Some particular groups stay forever.
- #news.announce.newusers:A:never:never:never
-