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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 3 Jun 1996.
Re: Why this news group only have ten days message

Re: Why this news group only have ten days message


new member (s93...@mailserv.cuhk.hk) writes:
>      I can only see the message before ten days in this news group. Is 
> that my system have some error or this newsgroup just have ten days 
> message? In many newsgroup, it have at least one month message. In this 
> newsgroup, many people want to get ascii art. So if it obtain more 
> message, the user will have more obtain. And will not require same 
> ascii-art in a short time.

All systems expire articles after a certain length of time. The expiry
time is determied at each individual site, for each individual newsgroup.
Most newsgroups at my site don't have articles more than about 3-4 days
old, simple because we don't have the disk space to store them.


--
#####    |\^/|     Colin R. Leech     ag414 or crl...@freenet.carleton.ca
##### _|\|   |/|_  Civil engineer by training, transport planner by choice.
##### >         <  Opinions are my own. Consider them shareware if you want.
#####  >_./|\._<   "If you can't return a favour, pass it on." - A.L. Brown

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From: ag4...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech)
Subject: Re: Why this news group only have ten days message
Date: 1996/06/03
Message-ID: <4ou0ig$jk...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>#1/1
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sender: ag4...@freenet6.carleton.ca (Colin R. Leech)
references: <4olovf$rc...@hpg30a.csc.cuhk.edu.hk>
organization: The National Capital FreeNet
reply-to: ag4...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech)
newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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