Re: Huge .overview file -> how to reduce it?

Re: Huge .overview file -> how to reduce it?

[Kevin Greiner]

Well, at this point in time, the easiest solution is to simply 
delete the .overview file.  You'll loose all of your article 
headers but the vast majority point to expired articles anyway.  
The headers for current articles will simply be downloaded again 
the next time you visit the group.

You may want to check the manual to setup agent expiration (not 
related to imap expiration) then run gnus-agent-expire 
periodically.

Kevin


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From:  Georges Ko <gko@gko.net>
Date:  Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:26:51 +0800

>Hi!
>
>I have been reading some traffic-intensive groups for one year, 
but
>lately, when trying to read the group, I have "Memory exhausted"
>messages when generating the *Summary* buffer...
>
>It turns out that the .overview file of that group has grown to 
130 Mb
>with the "head" containing data from one year before, whereas the
>oldest data on my server for this group is from early December...
>
>How can I reduce its size (automatically or something)? 
>
>My setup is "No Gnus v0.3" with a NNTP server (Hamster), all on 
the
>same Windows 2000 machine.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Georges
>-- 
> Georges Ko                     gko@gko.net                      
2006-02-06
>
>
>
 

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Huge .overview file -> how to reduce it?

[Georges Ko]

Hi!

I have been reading some traffic-intensive groups for one year, but
lately, when trying to read the group, I have "Memory exhausted"
messages when generating the *Summary* buffer...

It turns out that the .overview file of that group has grown to 130 Mb
with the "head" containing data from one year before, whereas the
oldest data on my server for this group is from early December...

How can I reduce its size (automatically or something)? 

My setup is "No Gnus v0.3" with a NNTP server (Hamster), all on the
same Windows 2000 machine.

Thanks!

Georges
-- 
 Georges Ko                     gko@gko.net                      2006-02-06