From: already5chosen@yahoo.com   
      
   On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 08:10:38 +0100   
   Janis Papanagnou  wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-02-05 00:40, Tristan Wibberley wrote:   
   > >   
   > > usenet is not a transient chat, it is a persistent knowledge share;   
   > > there are essentially infinite readers over an essentially infinite   
   > > spacetime.   
   >   
   > The Usenet servers I used in the past had some expiry period, so old   
   > articles couldn't be retrieved any more. Until some time ago Google   
   > filled that gap and archived Usenet posts, but Google seems to have   
   > changed that policy not long ago. Are there (preferably free) servers   
   > that still maintain Usenet articles indefinitely?   
   >   
   > Janis   
   >   
      
   Retention time of Ethernal September appears to be "between server'   
   crashes".   
   Retention time of novabbs was "As long as the maintainer is alive +   
   couple of months".   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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