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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.starlink.com!usenet From: alschnei@starlink.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: news 'history' file is HUGE Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 07:17:14 GMT Organization: Star Link Internet Services Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4i34od$ctl@pegasus.starlink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: alschnei.starlink.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I've been running the BSDI version of news very succesfully for a few months. Last weekend, I noticed the 'history' file was over 200MB. Also, it took 'expire' about 20 hours to run. We carry a FULL newsfeed from 2 sources. How can I build a new and reliable history file? I tried 'newhist' but it would not restart the server when finished and made no difference. Am I running 'newhist' incorrectly? What are the steps for rebuilding all 3 history files? TIA