On *29 Aug 2000 15:16:59 +0900*
In message *[md-2] Re: Need Feedback: ISP-Usenet-Newsreader Problem*
*Patrick Bartek* wrote:
> Daily. I frequent only text groups -- about 40 of them.
Should be ok from the way you say your ISP is set up but in binary
groups especially (I know they don't apply to you), they can, and do,
expire in less than 24hours.
> The ISP doesn't download ALL the groups, just the ones that their
> users are subscribed to. So, the total feed is a lot smaller,
> bytewise.
So do you have to tell them what groups you are subscribed to or does
it just wait for a request from that group from your newsreader and
add it to it's newsgroup list?
> Mostly, the feeds are identical with each reader -- same ones missing,
> same ones not.
Hmmm...
> This was done over several days over a couple of weeks, both connected
> and downloading the same groups, at the same time, while in contact by
> phone. And then comparing group by group, message by message looking
> for differences and similarities.
Very weird.
I'd be interested in the outcome of this. Just out of interest do you
know what software they use for news?
Matt
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