On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 22:11:27 +0000, 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.
Thanks.
Iris

Good day Iris. I would assume that it's aol's servers that are the
problem . Their retention times must be low. I would suggest that you dump
aol's servers all together (imho).
You could use google to post and read this group:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...sci.bio.botany

You could also use x-privat.org :
http://x-privat.org/english.php
You will have to sign up with them and get a user/pass from them. They're
a bit slow but they filter your ip address.

I have a list of other free text servers, but they don't have posting
rights.