[leafnode-list] Re: group retention times
Matthias Andree
ma at dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de
Tue May 25 21:40:06 CEST 2004
Clemens Fischer <ino-qc at spotteswoode.dnsalias.org> writes:
> * 2004-04-15 Matthias Andree:
>
>> You can use a filterfile and set the maxage for that group.
>>
>> Untested:
>>
>> newsgroups = some\.group.*
>> maxage=3
>> action=kill
>>
>> Note that this is not fool-proof, it relies on the Date: header.
>
> i think NNTP has the date mandatory. you propably mean that the date can
> be forged, right?
Yes, that's the point. Fetchnews will look at XOVER data for filtering
purposes.
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