From: Andrew Gierth (andrew@erlenstar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Wed Oct 06 1999 - 13:45:06 CDT
>>>>> "Charles" == Charles Lindsey <chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk> writes:
Charles> When a relayer that does not also serve (i.e. it keeps no
Charles> history file)
A relayer has to keep a history file of _some_ sort, even if it is not
serving articles; otherwise it will waste an awful lot of resource in
refeeding articles.
Charles> checks a Date for staleness, what cut-off does it use?
Charles> Presumably an arbitrary number such as 14 days. Yes, that
Charles> could be written in, but we would need to agree a number.
No such number could be agreed, because it depends on the depth of
one's history file, and one's own preferences; e.g. I have my cutoff
set to about 7 days, but I keep several more days of history than that
(because without it I was rejecting too many old articles rather than
refusing them).
-- Andrew.