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23-08-2004, 06:01 PM

In article , wrote:

Vox Humana wrote:

I would be interested in some specifics. For instance, how many messages
have you been unable to post because of this thread? What happens if this
thread is taken to another newsgroup on the same server?

Its not that one can't post, its that postings disappear very shortly as
they are replaced by newer postings, and we get a message that the
posting is no longer available. The ISP allocates a given amount of
space to the newsgroups they carry, individually, so taking this to an
appropriate newsgroup would not free space for this newsgroup, which
would still have its alloted space.

You have one weird ISP then, because that's not how any others do it. Each
ISP sets a TIME allocation. For cheapskate outfits with insufficient
equipment, they may carry group messages for only one day each, & skip
carrying the majority of groups at all. But most ISPs carry all messages
for at least a week, after which the outdated messages you'd have to
access through the google archive rather than from the local server.

Supposing you're not just confused, you need to get another ISP, because
the one you describe is being run wrong. They'd just have to be doing
everything else bassackwards too.

-paghat the ratgirl

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