[djprius]

My newsgroup reader (Mozilla Thunderbird) gives me a message on all
Microsoft Newsgroups for any message that is more 90 days old that the
message has "expired".

Is it a Microsoft policy to remove messages from the public server
after that point? If so, why remove them so quickly; the shelf life of
the messages should be at least several years.

I can search for older newsgroup items on Google Groups, but the
listing on that website is not as good, in my view, as the newsgroup itself.

David

[Peter T. Daniels]

I've never tried the website access, only Google Groups, but from all
the complaints posted here about the website, I wonder why anyone
does.

On Dec 27, 9:30*pm, djprius wrote:
* *My newsgroup reader (Mozilla Thunderbird) gives me a message on all
Microsoft Newsgroups for any message that is more 90 days old that the
message has "expired".

* *Is it a Microsoft policy to remove messages from the public server
after that point? *If so, why remove them so quickly; the shelf life of
the messages should be at least several years.

* *I can search for older newsgroup items on Google Groups, but the
listing on that website is not as good, in my view, as the newsgroup itself.

David

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

David is talking about the msnews server (accessed via NNTP), not the Web
site.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
I've never tried the website access, only Google Groups, but from all
the complaints posted here about the website, I wonder why anyone
does.

On Dec 27, 9:30 pm, djprius wrote:
My newsgroup reader (Mozilla Thunderbird) gives me a message on all
Microsoft Newsgroups for any message that is more 90 days old that the
message has "expired".

Is it a Microsoft policy to remove messages from the public server
after that point? If so, why remove them so quickly; the shelf life of
the messages should be at least several years.

I can search for older newsgroup items on Google Groups, but the
listing on that website is not as good, in my view, as the newsgroup
itself.

David

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The servers used for msnews are old and unstable and prone to problems even
with just 90 days' worth of messages. And doomed, as MS has signaled a clear
intention to move all "discussion groups" to (Web-based) "forums" and ditch
the NNTP NGs.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"djprius" wrote in message
...
My newsgroup reader (Mozilla Thunderbird) gives me a message on all
Microsoft Newsgroups for any message that is more 90 days old that the
message has "expired".

Is it a Microsoft policy to remove messages from the public server after
that point? If so, why remove them so quickly; the shelf life of the
messages should be at least several years.

I can search for older newsgroup items on Google Groups, but the listing
on that website is not as good, in my view, as the newsgroup itself.

David