Thanks Jason,

That's the exact information I needed. I'll try upgrading.

Ram

--- In nntprss@yahoogroups.com, "Jason Brome" <jason@m...> wrote:
> Ram,
>
> > If Historical is set to true, how long each item is stored in the
DB
> > before actually purged? If the items are not purged, how to tackle
> > the ever increasing DB? I am using version 0.3.
>
> In nntp//rss v0.3, the historical flag means that items are
permanently kept
> in the database.
>
> You can take a look at the following forum post that describes how
to
> manually purge items from the database:
>
> http://www.methodize.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28
>
> However, I'd recommend that you consider upgrading to nntp//rss
v0.5b1.
> Aside from a number of new features, it now supports expiration
times for
> historical articles, and will automatically purge those from the
database.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jason