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How Usenet works [was Shipping Costs]
On 19 Oct 2006 19:01:40 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
"Mike Marlow" writes: Oh - no posts got "dropped off" because of this thread. That's not how usenet works. Actually, that *is* how usenet works. NNTP servers have limited storage space, and as new messages come in, old ones are deleted. On particularly busy groups, small servers end up keeping messages for less than a day, or even just a few hours. So think of it this way - every new message that shows up, causes one old message to disappear from the server. Forever. Did you read it? No? Well, you'll have to find a server with a bigger disk which may still have it (like google groups, for example). Note that this is why many servers refuse to carry the *.binary groups - they eat up disk space much faster than text-only groups, so one binary post could cause hundreds of text posts to disappear. Actually, that does not fit with what I know from my own accounts. The providers I use both have stated retention periods, i.e., 30days for text and 14 days for binary - or whatever they decide. I know of a provided that offers 1200days retention on text. Of course there might be providers that run their business different but I believe the majors all have stated retention times and when the traffic goes up they respond by adding new capacity - not by dropping messages. |
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How Usenet works [was Shipping Costs]
"DJ Delorie" wrote in message ... "Mike Marlow" writes: Oh - no posts got "dropped off" because of this thread. That's not how usenet works. Actually, that *is* how usenet works. NNTP servers have limited storage space, and as new messages come in, old ones are deleted. On particularly busy groups, small servers end up keeping messages for less than a day, or even just a few hours. You need to find a new provider. -- -Mike- |
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How Usenet works [was Shipping Costs]
DJ Delorie wrote:
"Mike Marlow" writes: Oh - no posts got "dropped off" because of this thread. That's not how usenet works. Actually, that *is* how usenet works. NNTP servers have limited storage space, and as new messages come in, old ones are deleted. On particularly busy groups, small servers end up keeping messages for less than a day, or even just a few hours. If someone's losing rec.* posts in hours nowadays, they need a new news service. G |
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Shipping Costs
Mike Marlow wrote:
Dear Owner of The Net: Done. The change will be effective Saturday. Thanks, Al Gore |
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