At 05:37 PM 1/26/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I think I see...is it the ommission of both the "use" and "day" settings
>that keeps them from expiring? This would fit our situation perfectly
>so your input (as always) would be invaluable!
Sorry, yes I should have said that, basically any pile that doesn't
specify a rule to delete news (e.g. use, or days) will by default never
expire news.
ChrisP.
>Paul
>
>"NetWin Support Auckland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>5.0.2.1.0.20010127082814.00ab91d0@ball">news:5.0.2.1.0.20010127082814.00ab91d0@ball...
> > At 05:26 PM 1/25/01 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> > >I am using dnews as a local secured newsgroup, and wish to have dnews
> > >NEVER expire anything - how would I set it up so nothing is ever deleted?
>Is
> >
> > Lets assume your local groups are called NBC.*, then I would do something
> > like this in expire.conf
> >
> > remember 3
> > pile 1 groups *
> > pile 2 groups nbc.*
> >
> > That will put all posts for those groups into pile 2 and it also sais
>never
> > expire any items, then to archive them
> > you would make backups of db_*_2.itm
> >
> > Be careful changing expire.conf rules, read the web page
> > http://netwinsite.com/dnews/expire.htm
> > before making changes.
> >
> > >there a way to export or archive a group and it's discussion?
> >
> >
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