Rcfnews upgraded
1. replaced the one gigabyte news spool disks with four gigabyte
disks. This allows a longer retention time for articles in all groups
(some are still expired daily, e.g. alt.binaries.*).
cmpsci.* doesn't expire
comp.* (except binaries) 4 days
*.binaries 1 day
others 3 days
2. The news server software on Rcfnews has been upgraded from INN v1.4
to INN v1.4 unoff 4. The newer software provides a faster news
transport called nntp streaming. This faster transport should provide
us with a more up-to-date feed, as it will reduce or eliminate the
backlogging of news being fed to us.