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From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@bitbox.follo.net>
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In-reply-to: David Hodge's message of Sat, 03 May 1997 10:31:30 -0700
Subject: Re: Why doesn't my posting on the FreeBSD.Misc News server remain Posted?
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> In the past serveral weeks I've placed postings on the FreeBSD News
> server. I see them posted when I veiw via Netscape 3.0 News, but when
> return the next day to see if anyone has replied to my question my
> posting is no longer there. What did I do wrong? 

Usually, a newsreader will not show the postings you've already read.
In addition, your newsserver will usually expire old postings - but it
will seldom do this for at least a few days, more often a few weeks.

Eivind.