Re: OffGnus

[Rich Pieri <rich.pieri@PrescientTech.com>]

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>>>>> "LMI" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:

LMI> Yes, but it isn't fast.  When a cancel message comes in, it should
LMI> be possible to efficiently remove the canceled article, and perhaps
LMI> some db thing would be nice.

The history db should contain the article's message ID, which "folder"
it is being stored in (relative to the top of the local spool), and the
article number.  But that is beside the point.  cmsgs contain the
message ID of the article to cancel and the group(s) the article was
originally posted to.  Building the path(s) based on the group
information is trivial.  That leaves you to grep through each local
group's .overview file for the message ID string which will in turn
provide the article number.  From there you can do whatever you want...
like delete the messages file and update the .overview database.

Just don't use filesystem links like a Unix news server; we do not have
them on Win32.

Hmmm... so the history database is redundant for this.  The only reason
a real news server keeps it is to serve a purpose identical to
nnmail-cache.

LMI> Perhaps it won't be necessary, though, since the cancel messages are
LMI> usually posted to the same group(s) that the articles appeared in,

No, cmsgs are posted to the "control" group.

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