"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote:
>
> On Sun, 09 Feb 2003 00:16:53 GMT, "Sid" <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >When I try to read select messages only 4 or 5 days old in this newsgroup I get the message in
> >the subject line. I use MS outlook express and my news server is news-server.hot.rr.com
> >(roadrunner). does anyone know why this is occurring?
>
> It's normal - but if you change to a different news server you may get better results. Some ISPs
> clutter their news servers up with binary NGs which means they may have a more aggressive purge
> policy. I use news.cis.dfn.de which is free and carries only text groups, because my ISPs service
> sucks badly.
>
> HTH
Some ISPs are knowledgeable enough to set retention policies differently for different groups. The
ISP I used to work for set retentions for non alt.* to 30 days, alt.* was 14 days, and the ****
binary groups were along the lines of 2 days.
Barry