Re: faq-server and Expires:

Chris Lewis (clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca)
Fri, 10 Mar 1995 22:02:18 -0500

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On Mar 10, 16:58, morgan@sitka.triumf.ca wrote:
} Subject: faq-server and Expires:
}
} My FAQ (for rec.sport.fencing) is posted every 15 days, but the
} Expires: header gets set a whole month ahead by faq-server. Why
} is this? Is there any chance that some sites will ignore the Expires:
} header altogether if it is too far in the future?

The "standard" news transports can't do that. The best you can do
is ignore them entirely, or shorten the retention of all Expires:
to a specific value.

Your system administrator may have simply changed expiration policy
coincidentally with your switchover to faq-server. Ask your system
administrator what the expiration policy is for that particular group.

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