On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:25:55 -0400, Alan Erskine wrote
(in article ):

Lee" wrote in message
.82...

And for those fearing that other posts will be knocked off, get a premium
service that has retention. I have NewsGuy. It may not be the big dog,
but in many newsgroups, I can go back about 6 months.

Why should we wait for six months to download an image that was posted
yesterday?



You seem to have a reading comprehension problem. Newsguy will _retain
binaries_ for _at least 90 days, often as long as 180 days_. That means that
_anything posted_, by _anyone_, to _any binary group that Newsguy carries_,
including _this one_, will be available for a minimum of _90 days_. Anyone
who says that J3's stuff 'knocks off' other posts is either vastly ignorant
or merely lying. Newsguy, and other newsfeeds such as Giganews, routinely
keep binaries for _months_.

To make it clear enough even for those who have room temperature IQs: _every
single binary posted on this newsgroup for the last 90 to 180 days is
available on Newsguy right now_. Giganews will store at least 200 days worth
of binaries. You do NOT have to wait six months, you can get them today...
but if you missed one, you have up to six months to go and search for it!

Of course, that is a rather large number of posts to search through. You
might need a, ahem, _real newsreader_ with _real filtering_ and _automation_
to go through all those posts and find the one you want, unless you want to
sped an inordinate amount of time doing it by hand. Hmm. You're using MSOE.
Oops. Sucks to be you. Guess you do it by hand... assuming that MSOE can even
handle that number of posts, which is something I don't know and simply don't
care about.