From: Tony@TheDeli.Sandwich   
      
   I tried to tell him when you use the dog's dong for a server that's when you   
   run into problems. Supershit news is so bad it should be free.   
      
   Some Guy wrote:   
      
   > Bill wrote:   
   >   
   > > Using Outlook Express for email and newsgroups. Recently added   
   > > alt.usage.english and it displays that it has 1106136 unread   
   > > messages - but the group's headers seem to be unavailable. Worse   
   > > I can't seem to be able to remove the file !!   
   > >   
   > > p.s. About the same time I added alt.english usage   
   > > and there's no problem with that.   
   >   
   > First thing - change your line-width to 72 characters.   
   >   
   > Second thing - why are you using a paid/subscription-based news server,   
   > instead of a free/public server like AIOE?   
   >   
   > I use AIOE.   
   >   
   > As a test, I just added alt.usage.english to my list of subscribed   
   > groups.   
   >   
   > My news reader gives me the choice as to whether or not to download all   
   > message headers if there are more than N new unread headers.  I have N   
   > set to 250, and the server was telling me there was 85,650 posts in that   
   > group.   
   >   
   > Turns out the server really had only 11,915 messages (oldest message is   
   > May 11).   
   >   
   > AIOE has a retention of only about 2 months - your server (as most   
   > commercial servers do) has a retention of a year or several years, which   
   > is really a useless retention for text groups.   
   >   
   > OE is probably kaking on the number of posts.  I don't know if you can   
   > tell it to only download the last or most recent N headers.   
   >   
   > That said, any group with 6k posts per month is insane and I can't see   
   > how anyone can possibly follow a group with that much volume (about 200   
   > posts per day).   
      
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   Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper   
   manners   
      
   Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day   
   on the job for potty mouth,   
      
   Bur-ring, i'll get this one: WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM JERK!!? We're here to help   
   you dickweed, ok, ok give the power cord the jiggily piggily wiggily all the   
   while pushing the power button repeatedly now take everything out of your   
   computer except the power supply and *one* stick of ram. Ok get the next   
   sucker on the phone.   
      
   Deirdre Straughan (Roxio) is a LIAR (Deirdre McFibber)   
      
   There's the employer and the employee and the FROGGER and the FROGEE, which   
   one are you?   
      
   Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!   
      
   El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar (I just got EL-FROG-OED!!)   
      
   All hail Chuckcar the CZAR!! Or in F-R-O-Gland Chuckcar laFROG laCZAR,   
   ChuckZar!!   
      
   I hate them both, With useless bogus bullshit you need at least *three*   
   fulltime jobs to afford either one of them   
      
   I'm a fulltime text *only* man on usenet now. The rest of the world   
   downloads the binary files not me i can't afford thousands of dollars a   
   month   
      
   VBB = Volume based billing. How many bytes can we shove down your throat and   
   out your arse sir?   
      
   The only "fix" for the CellPig modem is a sledgehammer.   
      
   UBB = User based bullFROGGING   
      
   Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man   
      
   Always do incremental backups of your data or you'll end up like the A-Holes   
   at DSL Reports. Justin says i made a boo-boo. Yeah boo-who.   
      
   Updates are for idiots. As long as the thing works there's no reason to turn   
      
   schizophrenic and develop a lifelong complex over such a silly issue.   
      
   Adrian "jackpot" Lewis is a mama's boy!   
      
   Jimmy Fricke is good for the game of poker   
      
   Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond   
   the realm of understandability   
      
   Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday   
      
   This sig file was compiled via my journeys through usenet   
      
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