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<P>There is a file in /spider/msg called forward.pl.issue. Rename this to
-forward.pl and edit it to meet your requirements. To make the changes
-take effect, use the command load/forward.
+forward.pl and edit it to meet your requirements. You will need to issue
+the command <EM>load/forward</EM> or restart Spider for the changes to
+take effect.
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-<H2><A NAME="ss2.5">2.5 I have set up my partner node with bulletin mail. Now I am sending</A>
-him all my bulletins! How do I stop it?</H2>
+<H2><A NAME="ss2.5">2.5 How can I automatically limit the amount of debug logfiles that are stored?</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>Use the tmpwatch command. Create a file in /etc/cron.daily/ containing the line ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+/usr/sbin/tmpwatch -f 240 /spider/data/debug
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>Remember to make it executable!
+<P>This will limit your debug data down to the last 10 days
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss2.6">2.6 I updated my Linux distribution and now Spider cannot read the users file or the dupefile, what is the problem?</A>
+</H2>
-<P>Unless you tell Spider otherwise, when you set a node up as a forwarding
-partner it will send all the mail with the bulletin addresses you have
-configured. To stop this happening you need to tell the cluster that
-all mail has already been sent. To do this use the catchup command.
+<P>Almost certainly this is a change in the db format of perl. Follow these
+few steps to correct the problem.
<P>
+<UL>
+<LI>stop the cluster (disable any autostart in inittab)</LI>
+<LI>cd /spider/data</LI>
+<LI>issue the command perl user_asc</LI>
+<LI>restart the cluster</LI>
+</UL>
+<P>That should solve the problem.
<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss2.6">2.6 The WWV command does not seem to work.. why is that?</A>
+<H2><A NAME="ss2.7">2.7 Since I last updated I seem to be getting duplicate spots appearing.</A>
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-<P>The WWV command is not supported in DXSpider. This decision has been
-taken as there is a perfectly good automated and accurate WWV posting made
-once per hour from N4TY. In the past, inaccurate postings have been made
-from some users and this will prevent this happening.
+<P>What has probably happened is that the dupefile has got corrupted in
+some way. Simply delete the /spider/data/dupefile and restart the
+cluster. It may take a little time to become fully functional but
+should solve your problem.
+<P>
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