Re: [Pan-users] purge/delete headers?

[Duncan]

glen walpert posted on Tue, 19 Dec 2017 12:59:09 -0500 as excerpted:

> Astraweb has just done a headers database upgrade and requested that all
> users:
> 
> "Please purge/delete your headers Due to a database upgrade, please
> purge/delete all the headers in your newsreader and reload the headers
> again."
> 
> My first inclination is to delete everything in the .pan2.groups
> directory and re-add all of my subscribed groups, but I would like to
> get confirmation of the best method from someone who knows how Pan
> works.

Interesting.  I have an astraweb block account, but seldom use it.[1]

Easiest is probably to simply setup a new server with the same settings 
as your current astraweb server, then if desired, set the old one to zero 
connections to disable it while keeping the unexpired messages until they 
expire, before deleting it.

Because pan is multi-server, it'll keep track of what groups you're 
already subscribed to, tho you will need to redownload the newsgroups 
list... which you should update every so often anyway if there's any 
chance you want to look at "new" groups.

Alternatively, it's possible to do it manually, but if you have multiple 
servers and you don't want to screw up the others this can get hairy as 
you'll be editing a bunch of files.  In addition to the files in groups, 
you'll want to check the newsrc file for that server (see servers.xml for 
the mapping), as well as newsgroups.xov.

I'd just do the new server thing.  It really /is/ easiest.

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[1]  That TB block might well last my life... which was pretty much what 
I intended, if I didn't into news heavily again.  And if I did and I 
needed to renew, so much the better; either I'd not have to worry about 
it for a long time if ever again, or I'd have to, but only because I got 
quite active again, either way being fine with me. =:^)

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