From: John O. Kopf (kopfj@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sat May 18 2002 - 13:26:33 CDT
And, if the server has different default expiry times for each
cross-posted group, the lesser is chosen (e.g., AT&T expires *.answers
after 7 days, even though the "target" group is good for a month - thus
the FAQ disappears in ALL groups after a week :>{ )
JK
S L Painting wrote:
>
> In message < >
> SNIP
>
> Actually, no.
>
> "Expires" sets the *maximum* expiry time for a message; each news
> server will have its own default expiry time for the newsgroup(s) in
> question. The news server will typically use the smaller of the two
> values to decide when to expire the message.
>
> SNIP
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