Re: Posts duration on server

[Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au>]

hi,

but it doesnt change how long messages stay on the server. i.e. if a server 
holds messages for 3 days and you are offline for 4, you miss out on a days 
worth of messages still.

as usenet traffic increases, especially with binaries and HTML in postings, 
more and more isps will choose to either cut the expiry of messages down to 
shorter times, or block newsgroups (singular or plural in this case), 
possibly even alltogether. 

this is the main reason i don't like when someone posts in html, or posts a 
binary to a non binary newsgroup. compared to other groups i have seen, 
this is quite a sensible group, and with a bit of common sense will stay 
that way.

you just have to look at some of the newsgroups under the alt.* heirarchy 
to see how bad it can be, e.g. half the newsgroup posting in html, people 
posting binaries, and the worst of all "metoobies", people who (mostly 
using AOL or WebTV) quote a whole message or thread that is probably about 
half a hard disk long, then right down the bottom, or top say "ME TOO!!!@#" 
(okay, i went a bit overboard here but u get the idea :) mind u that's not 
to say that metoobies dont exist).


ObRail: today an up VLP service thru glenroy consisted of: N class loco, 3 
car N set, N class loco, 4 car FN set (in that order). Possibly one of the 
morning's up services failed somewhere.

There used to be a down service on sunday that was scheduled to run like 
this, i think it might still be the case. In the past an N class loco used 
to run light on a sunday afternoon to shep.

regards
michael 

Jonathan Boles said in message <01bf205e$ea9aee60$040265cb@tom-boles>, I 
therefore quote:

>> ... only last for 6 days. 
>
>If you use Microsoft Internet News, you can keep messages you want by
>caching (storing on computer) them. click on News, then Options..., then
>under the advanced tab, either clear the check box, or set a higher number
>for, "Delete messages xx days after being downloaded". This will prevent
>messages on your computer from being deleted. ENSURE THAT THE 'Don't keep
>read messages' CHECK BOX IS NOT SELECTED. THIS WILL TOTALLY ROOT UP WHAT
>YOU ARE TRYING TO DO! Click OK.
>
>Then, click on the Offline menu, and click 'Mark all for download'. Then,
>on the same menu, click 'Post and Download'.
>
>Basically, what all this does, is rescue messages from the news server
>before they are deleted, and stored on your computer, so you can still see
>them after they are removed from the news server. Resetting the number of
>days changes the length of time they are kept on YOUR computer, so you can
>set it to a high number, and view messages months after being posted.
>
>If you opt not to delete messages, the cache file on your computer will
>grow very large. You can fix this by clicking on News, 'Options...',
>'Advanced' tab, then clicking 'Clean Up Now...'. Then you can choose to
>delete, compact, or remove bodies from messages.
>
>If you do not have Microsoft Internet News, there is probably another way
>of doing it in other news programs.
>
>

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