Re: [Pan-users] Some Q's

[Bruce D Porter]

Duncan wrote:
> On Fri 29 Aug 2003 08:21, Bruce D Porter posted as excerpted below:
>
> > Sorry if I have missed a FAQ but I have a few questions.
> >
> > I am using PAN 0.14.0 on Solaris 9 x86.
> >
> > 1) Is there any way to stop the "greater than 4 lines" sig warning ?
>
>
> Other than editing source or reducing your sig line count?  No.  Take a look 
> at the GNKSA (Good NetKeeping Seal of Approval) link on the PAN home page for 
> the details of the requirements, but the fact is that the PAN developers are 
> rightfully very proud of their status as the ONLY *ix newreader to get a 100% 
> score on the GNKSA, which means suggesting good netiquette, and THAT means a 
> warning when the sig is longer than the recommended standard of four lines.

Fairy snuff. I can accept that and live with it.
It at least acts as a final "did you really want to send this " warning 
to me :=}

> > 2) Is there any way to clear down the NG heads/bodies stored ? Say every
> > week ? As sorting starts to take a long time after a while.
>
>
> Bodies are cleared based on your cache settings.  Headers are normally cleared 
> at your next update after they've expired off the news server.  If you have a 
> news server with long enough retention that such a policy retains to many, 
> consider creating a filter with the condition "Article is at least N days 
> old", and a rule with action delete on any articles matching that filter.

Cool, I'll look at that.


> Quite reasonable questions!  Happy to answer them!  Stick around for answers 
> to questions you never thought to ask!  <g>  (That's one reason I'm here.  
> <g>)

Thanks.

I will hang around and see what the score is.
>


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        Bruce
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