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## expire.ctl - expire control file
## Format:
## /remember/:<keep>
## <patterns>:<modflag>:<keep>:<default>:<purge>
## First line gives history retention; other lines specify expiration
## for newsgroups. Must have a "*:A:..." line which is the default.
## <patterns> wildmat-style patterns for the newsgroups
## <modflag> Pick one of M U A -- modifies pattern to be only
## moderated, unmoderated, or all groups
## <keep> Mininum number of days to keep article
## <default> Default number of days to keep the article
## <purge> Flush article after this many days
## <keep>, <default>, and <purge> can be floating-point numbers or the
## word "never." Times are based on when received unless -p is used;
## see expire.8
## If article expires before 14 days, we still remember it for 14 days in
## case we get offered it again. Depending on what you use for the innd
## -c flag and how paranoid you are about old news, you might want to
## make this 28, 30, etc.
/remember/:14
## Keep for 1-10 days, allow Expires headers to work up to 60 days.
*:A:1:10:60
## Some particular groups stay forever.
# Keep FAQ's for a month, so they're always available
*.answers:M:1:35:90
news.announce.*:M:1:35:90
# Some other recommendations. Uncomment if you want
# .announce groups tend to be low-traffic, high signal.
# *.announce:M:1:30:90
# Weather forecasts
# *.weather:A:1:2:7
# test posts
# *.test:A:1:1:1
## misc trash
control:A:1:14:60
control.cancel:A:1:1:1
junk:A:1:1:60
local.*:A:1:14:60
## Some particular groups stay forever.
# dc.dining*:A:never:never:never
# uunet*:A:never:never:never
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