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28-02-2006, 12:15 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Rusty Hinge 2
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Yawn - re Who's the dickhead
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In general when you read newsgroups your newsreader only maintains
statistics locally on your computer. It uses these to 'remember'
which messages you already read in each newsgroup. When you reconnect
(if you have it set up the usual way) it shows you only messages you
haven't read before. When you 'delete' a message all you are doing is
saying you have read it so you don't see it again. It stays available
on the news server until such time it passes the new server's expiry
time which may vary from group to group but is usually (for text only
servers) in the sort of 3 to 30 days range.
You're applying the behaviour of your newsreader with everyone else's.
When I delete an item, it's deleted, gone, disappeared into the big
bit-bucket in the sky. It is nowhere on my computer, and I can't go and
collect it from the server.
Though I do acknowledge your 'in general'.
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Rusty
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