mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) (02/03/86)
> I don't think that extended expiration dates should be allowed at all. > I think that new versions of news should only act on Expires values that > are SHORTER than the time specified in the expire command or by default. > [ hogging space for 2 weeks is enough for someone to ask ] > Mark Brader Please, if this is put in, provide a way to turn it off! Besides, there are *some* things (though a very few) which *should* stay around for a long time. For example, spaf's "new users" posting to net.announce (it is spaf's, isn't it?) should stick around until he makes another one. Perhaps another mechanism could be worked out for postings which form a family, but only the latest one of which should remain (a "Supersedes:" line maybe?). -- der Mouse USA: {ihnp4,decvax,akgua,etc}!utcsri!mcgill-vision!mouse philabs!micomvax!musocs!mcgill-vision!mouse Europe: mcvax!decvax!utcsri!mcgill-vision!mouse mcvax!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!micomvax!musocs!mcgill-vision!mouse Hacker: One who accidentally destroys / Wizard: One who recovers it afterward