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In a previous article, jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala) says:

>(expanding the newsgroup line a bit and removed alt.config)
>
>>>>I haven't seen any traffic in any of the alt.uu.* groups in over a week.
>>>>Is there some problem or posting I missed that would explain this?
>>>
  When I saw an early cross post of your proposal, I found it interesting and
started looking.  Our system apparently had a bug and was receiving only the
first 50 categories under alt.***  We are now getting the alt.uu.*** group
but there is essentially nothing here to see what is happening.

  A general problem I've found with the newgroups is the transient nature of
most of the material.  If one does not have the opportunity to check very
frequently local copies are soon lost and a system seems to have nothing to
show.  The use of FAQ files seems to help keep a system looking like it is
more that just a "on paper" idea.  Perhaps later the FAQs should be more
selectively edited, but for now, it might be a way for those of us checking
only once aweek would have some idea of what is happening.

  List groups require more space in local systems, but do provide the
opportunity for a few days of continuity for those whose newsnet files seem
to evaporate so rapidly.

  Nick

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