In alt.dbs.echostar louise <louise@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> I use it and have been quite happy. I find retention is
> longer on ngs that get fewer postings but on very active
> ones, it is about two months.
>
> My only complaint is that they don't host the IBM newgroups
> - something about them not actually being in the public
> domain - it's on the up and up but apparently is ignored by
> other news servers. So when I want to check out IBM, I use
> my pathetic newsreader from Time Warner Cable.
>
> If you're having problems, perhaps you could be more
> specific and we could check to see if I find the same
> issues. I am using Thunderbird as my newsreader.
>
I use Individual.Net as well and I have been pretty happy with them since
starting with their service a couple of weeks back. It is certainly
economical and I don't need long retention on text ... a couple of months is
fine. Google Groups can take care of the deep search.
--
Thomas T. Veldhouse
When the ax entered the forest, the trees said, "The handle is one of us!"
-- Turkish proverb
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