06-10-2004, 10:57 AM
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In article , (Iris Cohen) wrote:
I don't know if it is a problem with AOL, UseNet, or my computer, but in this
particular newsgroup, I miss many of the messages. I only get two or three a
day, then I see a long string of quotes from messages I never got. Of course
there are many I could easily do without, LOL. However, if you post a message
in response to something I wrote, or you think it would interest me, please be
kind enough to cc my e-mail address.
G'day Iris. Seems you're using "the German site" like many of us?
I have to say your "problem" is probably not unique. It hasn't really
bothered me, but, like you, I seem to miss the opening post to *many*
discussions and only see the resultant followups -- and there's no
easy way of noticing whether I'm missing some of them too AFAIK.
I've been inclined to blame my own inattention to detail for missing
the originals -- but you're apparently suffering from the same
failing, so I'm now inclined to blame the news server. Bit strange.
It *may* have something to do with their policy on retention of
individual groups; but I would have thought sci.bio.botany would be
well up there in the priority list. :-) However, if retention is
fairly short, stuff may get deleted before folk in other time zones
get the chance to see it.
Frankly, I don't really see that as an explanation. At least some of
our regional aus.* groups get a run of at least 3 days, for example,
so I would have assumed most of the "serious" Big Eight got at least
that long!
Cheers, Phred.
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