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  Life of messages....
 
Todd, how long do messages remain on the LUGnet server? I have cached headers now approaching the 2000 mark on *.general and *.robotics. (well, 3546 total actually..) I've deleted the actual messages, but am loathe to delete headers as well if I (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Life of messages....
 
(...) Some groups will probably start expiring their messages in January. One of the nice things about the NNTP news article format with incremental numberings on the articles is that you can have tens of thousands articles in a single ng on the (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Life of messages....
 
Thanks Todd. It does get the new messages with fantastic speed, and I can display only downloaded, unread, replies to my posts, etc., I am given many display options. Yes, I have been thinking of changing newsreaders, but too used to this one! ('Tis (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.admin.general)

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