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Re: Posts expiring?
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Date: 
Tue, 9 Jun 2026 20:09:45 GMT
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Todd,

thanks for the pointer - I have checked the directory and the last cancel
request in there came in back in 2008 (!) so I think it can be ruled out that it
happened via that route.

I'm putting aside an archive of the last backup before the fix I applied
yesterday - just in case anything else is found missing.

Glad it didn't turn out worse than that.

Jerry



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  Re: Posts expiring?
 
(...) One thing worth a quick check inside is the directory news/art/control If the articles were cancelled maliciously from the outside by forgery (somehow) of cancel-request messages from <news@lugnet.com>, this directory would contain a log of (...) (2 weeks ago, 9-Jun-26, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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