On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 20:02:30 -0400, Ray wrote:

FWIW, I use GigaNews, and they seem very reliable and keep all posts for a
month!

For my 2cents, I use the reader 40tude Dialog & it's free. The retentions
is fantastic. The oldest post in this group is 6/6/04.
I checked the binaries & it's last date is 6/7/04.
All this for free!
Cheers Wendy