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From: Boris <nospam@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: Eternal-september problems
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 02:42:16 -0000 (UTC)
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snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote in
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> Boris <nospam@invalid.com> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>> > My (and others') E-S newsgroups lost most of their content, only
>> > recent messages were kept. Someone will try to restore them but it
>> > takes time, three weeks for a start. See in e-s.support.
>> > 
>> 
>> Most of the newsgroups I subscribe to now only retain articles back to
>> June 29, 2024.  Retention used to be way back to 2022.  As you can see,
>> I use Xnews.  I've tried "Refresh Headers Special", but none of the
>> older articles comes back.
>> 
>> Wonder if this will be fixed.
>>
> 
> Ray Banana, the E-S Admin, is working on it; it's a big job.  
> As mentioned, see eternal-september.support for details.
> 

Thanks.  I was looking for a 'support' tab on www.eternal-september.org. 
Finally realized to go to the newsgroup you cite. 

Looks like Ray Banana has a big job.  Hope it's not toast.

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"If you don't like it, go on the internet and complain."

B. Griffin