news@bjm.wimsey.bc.ca (News Login) (12/19/90)
I get this error message from trying to expire in Cnews, and I'm sure it's just a configuration error but I can't seem to track it down. Some help would be much appreciated, anyways the error message is... expire problems: expire: group `alt.gourmand' (moderated) not covered by control file what does this mean? Brian
stealth@engin.umich.edu (Mike Pelletier) (12/22/90)
In article <1990Dec19.045606.486@bjm.wimsey.bc.ca> news@bjm.wimsey.bc.ca (News Login) writes: >I get this error message from trying to expire in Cnews, and I'm sure >it's just a configuration error but I can't seem to track it down. > >Some help would be much appreciated, anyways the error message is... >expire problems: >expire: group `alt.gourmand' (moderated) not covered by control file > >what does this mean? > It means that in your $NEWSCTL/explist file, you don't have something like: # default: 15 days all x 15 - -- Mike Pelletier - Usenet News Admin & Programmer "Wind, waves, etc. are breakdowns in the face of the commitment to getting from here to there. But they are the conditions for sailing -- not something to be gotten rid of, but something to be danced with."
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (12/28/90)
In article <1990Dec19.045606.486@bjm.wimsey.bc.ca> news@bjm.wimsey.bc.ca (News Login) writes: >expire: group `alt.gourmand' (moderated) not covered by control file > >what does this mean? From man/expire.8: The first line of the control file which applies to a given article is used to control its expiry. It is an error for no line to apply; the last line should be something like `all x 7 -' to ensure that at least one line is always applicable. -- "The average pointer, statistically, |Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology points somewhere in X." -Hugh Redelmeier| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry