Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 21:15:23 -0400 (EDT) From: jack <jack@diamond.xtalwind.net> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: News... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970417211232.3048A-100000@zeus.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <29942.861293635@orion.webspan.net>
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On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Gary Palmer wrote:
>
> michael@blueneptune.com wrote in message ID
> <199704170839.BAA25640@rainey.blueneptune.com>:
> > It's pretty simple to write a quick script which will go through the
> > news spool and remove all files of a particular size, or at least
> > report to you what they are. We don't run one on a regular basis,
> > but will run it to clear out some space if the news disk starts to
> > fill up and cause problems.
>
> It's even easier to write a channel feed which gets the headers of all
> messages over (x) bytes in size and auto-cancels them. Or with inn 1.5
> it may even be possible in the perl/tcl hooks (I don't think so tho)
%man inetd(8) {1.5.1 from ports}
[snip]
OPTIONS
[snip]
-l To limit the size of an article, use the ``-l''
flag. If this flag is used, then any article big-
ger than size bytes will be rejected. The default
is no checking, which can also be obtained by using
a value of zero.
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