> where do I set up how long an article will be kept in a local group? I
want
> the postings to be available on the server for 2 or three months.
Hi,
You need to place local groups in different piles from other groups. You do
this by creating a pile in expire.conf, and by setting it to use a certain
percentage of spool space, or to delete buckets after a certain number of
days. Percentage based expiration is preferable as this will maximise
retention of these articles, day based expiration should be avoided.
E.g. expire.conf -
remember 2
pile 1 groups * use 80%
pile 2 groups local.* use 15%
This will use 95% of your spool (do not exceed 100%), 80% by all non-local.*
groups, and 15% by the local.* groups. If you have 1000MB of disk space, the
local groups will use up to 150MB, and only when that limit is reached will
the old items be removed.
I recommend you read this page for additional information -
http://www.netwinsite.com/dnews/expire.htm
- Roydon L.
