In reply to "Pappy" who wrote the following:
> **PCZ** <**PCZ**@domain.com> wrote in
> news:SXIsE.256488$coJ.65389@fx36.am4:
>
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> 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!
Go with Eweka
I posted loads with them.
Agent is just reselling Highwinds.
Bad Choice.
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