In article <1994Apr27.111359.24911@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Tom Hinson) wrote: > Hi. I find the movie reviews in the newsgroup rec.arts.movies.reviews > to be quite helpful, but I have one complaint. The newsgroup is > refreshed too frequently. > > Today, for example, only four posts (reviews) are listed. Seldom does > a review post appear at the same time the film is being shown locally. > The newsgroup would be more useful if it kept all the posts from the > latest couple of months. > > Can this be done locally? Yes, length of retention is a local decision, dictated largely by available disk space on the Oxford OpenVMS system. Currently, news items are retained according to the following approximate formula: Newsgroup hierarchy Standard retention alt.* 2 days bit.* 3 days info.* 7 days k12.* 7 days mu.* (specific to Miami University) 180 days rec.* 3 days relcom.* 7 days sci.* 3 days soc.* 3 days talk.* 3 days usa.* 7 days vmsnet.* 7 days Under this formula, NetNews currently occupies 1.2GB of the 2.0GB available to it on the Alpha. While increasing length of retention across the board for a particular NetNews hierarchy has siginificant disk space implications, MCIS can increase individual newsgroups in response to specific user requests. Such requests must necessarily be considered on a case-by-case basis, considering the volume of traffic on the particular newsgroup and the impact increasing retention will have on overall disk space. All such requests should be posted to mu.newgroups or e-mailed to [log in to unmask] Meanwhile, retention of rec.arts.movies.reviews has been increased from 3 days to 30 days. -- John B Harlan Campus Wide Information System (CWIS) Coordinator Miami University (Ohio USA) [log in to unmask]