In article 1fwpakk.oow9ay192mc80N%00senetnospamtodayta@macun limited.net
, Jim W writes
Actually rereading this I can see where the confusion lies..

USENET posts 'expire' either due to header settings or after your local
newserver deletes them (eg they expire from your server).

However many of them are 'archived' at google groups, and for most
people these could be called 'expired' posts.

The difference is between the 2 interfaces. google is a Web 'front end'
for USENET and google's own archives of parts of USENET. Local
newservers together make up USENET 'proper'.

Actually, reading this ... I can see why people get confused

:-)

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