"Brainbuster" wrote:
Steveo wrote in message ...

Of course that depends on your server's text retention too. This
one runs around 180 days on average. My binarie retention is
much less than that, but they offers -great- completion, and 50 GB/
month for cheap. ( that's major completetions/bandwidth)

ps..how long does it take my post to propagate to you?

This was posted at 7:06 EST.

I believe that my server usually retains about a month, as many do. I
know that the MS servers have a long retention, I think close to a year
in some cases.

As I only go on-line to collect and post the messages, I do not see when
a message appears on my server.
All I can tell you is what is in the header...
Date: 21 Dec 2003 00:06:56 GMT
Which will be when you composed it, stuck there by your system and my
newsreader is saying 00:06 (relating to GMT), which I suspect will be the
time your server got it.

I know it does not take long, like Google does.

Merry Christmas.

Peter.

So you read your news offline for the most part.

Happy Holidays.

Steveo wrote in message ...

Um..that was last Saturday at 7:06 pm..did ya get it yet!?

I only go online now and then, but as a rough guide...

The latest message for this group on my server was one of your's:
Date: 23 Dec 2003 04:51:59 GMT

I cannot tell you when my server actually got it, but it was there when I
went on line at:
23 Dec 2003 05:05 GMT


Merry Christmas.

Peter.

Steveo wrote in message ...

So you read your news offline for the most part.


Always.... Same with E-mail.
Sometimes, a message may contain a graphic or other file which,
when downloaded, gives info to some site.
It's not to difficult to do, I am sure that it is often done with spam.


Happy new year.

Peter.

"Brainbuster" wrote:
Steveo wrote in message ...

So you read your news offline for the most part.

Always.... Same with E-mail.
Sometimes, a message may contain a graphic or other file which,
when downloaded, gives info to some site.
It's not to difficult to do, I am sure that it is often done with spam.

I'd probably do the same if I was on a metered isp. Broadband rocks!

Happy new year.

Peter.

The same back at ya, Peter.

Steveo wrote in message ...

I'd probably do the same if I was on a metered isp.

I did have an unlimited account, but I still read messages off-line.
I found that it really wasn't worth the cost... I was helping to fund the
cost of those who were using their connection about 20 hours a day,
and getting the crud service that we Brits get from companies who
get your money first.
It was cheaper to go for the "Pay As You Go" connection.

Broadband rocks!

I hear that Broadband has now been made available where I am, but
I don't use the Internet enough to worry about it.



Regards.

Peter.