Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:56:59 -0700 (MST) From: Ade Barkah <mbarkah@hemi.com> To: hamby@aris.jpl.nasa.gov (Jake Hamby) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On the topic of news servers.. Message-ID: <199703102256.PAA13029@hemi.com> In-Reply-To: <199703102218.OAA02603@aris.jpl.nasa.gov> from Jake Hamby at "Mar 10, 97 02:18:18 pm"
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Jake Hamby wrote: > He says he uses a Perl script to run through the activity log > and figure out which groups his customers are reading, then > changes the expire logs to expire messages in unread groups > after 1 day, while keeping messages in read groups about 7 > days. ... There are many such scripts floating around, some more automatic than others. You may want to visit David Barr's INN page: http://www.math.psu.edu/barr/INN.html he has a "contributed software" section there with various helpful tools. You may be interested in the 'actgroups.shar' script listed there. actgroups.shar - A script which fiddles your expire rate depending on how actively-read a particular group is Regards, -Ade ------------------------------------------------------------------- Inet: mbarkah@hemi.com - HEMISPHERE ONLINE - <http://www.hemi.com/>; -------------------------------------------------------------------
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