In reply to "Pappy" who wrote the following:
> I've tried asking this in the discussion groups, with mostly no replies
> (which really seems strange), so I'll try in one of my favorite groups.
>
> I'm running into many missing articles on NewsLeecher. The articles show
> complete, but the message is: * Unavail. : None of the article parts were
> available on the server(s) anymore (430 No Such Article).
>
> This is happening more, and more. Yes, I know the reason, but the problem
> is, in the old days you would have a back-up server. Today, it seems that
> Highwinds/Omicron owns everything, and have the same missing articles. Most
> even have the same newsrc, and count.
>
> The NewsLeecher client, at least from a search view, doesn't even have the
> same results as a generic usenet client. I don't know if that's a filter
> function of their client, and I don't know if it happens with other clients
> such as Newsbin.
There are two servers you can add to try to beat the takedowns.
As you say nearly all the servers are Highwinds and have the same takedown
policies.
Eweka
EU based
Very long retention.
xsnews
EU based
Retention is around 1200 days.
You could get a block account and use as a fill server.
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