**PCZ** <**PCZ**@domain.com> wrote in
news:SXIsE.256488$coJ.65389@fx36.am4:
> In reply to "Pappy" who wrote the following:
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>> 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.
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>> 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).
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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> Eweka
> EU based
> Very long retention.
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> xsnews
> EU based
> Retention is around 1200 days.
> You could get a block account and use as a fill server.
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I am considering Eweka. I am concerned about their somewhat cryptic
privacy policy. I have the feeling that the hammer of BREIN is in there
somewhere.
The, Electronic Frontier Foundation had a very good piece on Article 13.
For now, I guess we're in for obfuscated filenames, which like pwp files
are useless for most of us.
Are you familiar with, Agent Usenet Service? They show 3,895 days of
binary retention, and 5,771 days of text retention. I can't find out any
information on their servers.
I guess it's like the days of the 14.4 modem. You make do with what you
have, and strive for something better. Thanks for your advice **PCZ**.
The discussion groups are hopeless these days!
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