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On 2014-12-23 06:55:56 +0000, Gray_Wolf <g_wolf@nospam.com> said:

>
> This just boggles my mind
>
> Using my NewsLeecher app I've been able to download 255693 headers
> from alt.binaries.e-book.technical from the NewsLeecher server.  Older
> and latest versions of Agent just get sick, puke and crash.
>
> According to my results Rockhound posted 248191 articles starting in
> 15 AUG 2008 to 13 JUNE 2013. Almost every post, except the four I
> counted,  I found were only uploaded by Rockhound during this time.
> There were also 6997 index posts in there
> I noticed that only 136 of his posts were incomplete  and nearly all
> of those were posted later than 2008. The bottom line is Rockhound
> owns alt.binaries.e-book.technical. I wonder if he has had inside
> help?
>
> Has anybody had different results from different servers

This must reduce to less than 100,000 if you count out the duplicates
and repetitions.
That still leaves dozens a day.
No wonder he never got around to sorting it all.

Jan




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