As requested ...

[Frank McCoy]

A text-only message; not a followup.
(This is a test. This is *only* a test. If this had been a real erotic
story notification you would have been redirected to the local
sex-stories newsgroup in your newsserver. This concludes this test of
the Emergency Erotic Stories Notification System. We now return you to
your regularly scheduled porn. BZZZZZTT!)

[Tim Merrigan]

Post by Frank McCoy
A text-only message; not a followup.
(This is a test. This is *only* a test. If this had been a real erotic
story notification you would have been redirected to the local
sex-stories newsgroup in your newsserver. This concludes this test of
the Emergency Erotic Stories Notification System. We now return you to
your regularly scheduled porn. BZZZZZTT!)

Thanks, as I suspected, I got the text message, but not the one with
the picture.

[Frank McCoy]

Post by Tim Merrigan

Post by Frank McCoy
A text-only message; not a followup.
(This is a test. This is *only* a test. If this had been a real erotic
story notification you would have been redirected to the local
sex-stories newsgroup in your newsserver. This concludes this test of
the Emergency Erotic Stories Notification System. We now return you to
your regularly scheduled porn. BZZZZZTT!)

Thanks, as I suspected, I got the text message, but not the one with
the picture.

Don't give up yet.
Often longer posts (like binaries) take longer to propagate.

[Tim Merrigan]

Post by Frank McCoy

Post by Tim Merrigan

Post by Frank McCoy
A text-only message; not a followup.
(This is a test. This is *only* a test. If this had been a real erotic
story notification you would have been redirected to the local
sex-stories newsgroup in your newsserver. This concludes this test of
the Emergency Erotic Stories Notification System. We now return you to
your regularly scheduled porn. BZZZZZTT!)

Thanks, as I suspected, I got the text message, but not the one with
the picture.

Don't give up yet.
Often longer posts (like binaries) take longer to propagate.

I suspect that one of the ways Giganews can handle the retention they
do (200 days binaries and indefinite text) that they only propagate
binaries on specifically binary groups.

[Frank McCoy]

Post by Tim Merrigan

Post by Frank McCoy

Post by Tim Merrigan

Post by Frank McCoy
A text-only message; not a followup.
(This is a test. This is *only* a test. If this had been a real erotic
story notification you would have been redirected to the local
sex-stories newsgroup in your newsserver. This concludes this test of
the Emergency Erotic Stories Notification System. We now return you to
your regularly scheduled porn. BZZZZZTT!)

Thanks, as I suspected, I got the text message, but not the one with
the picture.

Don't give up yet.
Often longer posts (like binaries) take longer to propagate.

I suspect that one of the ways Giganews can handle the retention they
do (200 days binaries and indefinite text) that they only propagate
binaries on specifically binary groups.

Perhaps time to get a *real* newsserver?

[Tim Merrigan]

Post by Frank McCoy

Post by Tim Merrigan

Post by Frank McCoy

Post by Tim Merrigan

Post by Frank McCoy
A text-only message; not a followup.
(This is a test. This is *only* a test. If this had been a real erotic
story notification you would have been redirected to the local
sex-stories newsgroup in your newsserver. This concludes this test of
the Emergency Erotic Stories Notification System. We now return you to
your regularly scheduled porn. BZZZZZTT!)

Thanks, as I suspected, I got the text message, but not the one with
the picture.

Don't give up yet.
Often longer posts (like binaries) take longer to propagate.

I suspect that one of the ways Giganews can handle the retention they
do (200 days binaries and indefinite text) that they only propagate
binaries on specifically binary groups.

Perhaps time to get a *real* newsserver?

Giganews isn't real? I'm there because of their retention and that
they have nearly every newsgroup. I was with Uncensored News for
years but their retention was getting down to hours, if I didn't check
two or three times a day I'd loose messages because they'd have
expired, and ISP news servers aren't worth the trouble, between almost
no retention and only a few newsgroups.

[Frank McCoy]

Post by Tim Merrigan

Post by Frank McCoy

Post by Tim Merrigan

Post by Frank McCoy

Post by Tim Merrigan

Post by Frank McCoy
A text-only message; not a followup.
(This is a test. This is *only* a test. If this had been a real erotic
story notification you would have been redirected to the local
sex-stories newsgroup in your newsserver. This concludes this test of
the Emergency Erotic Stories Notification System. We now return you to
your regularly scheduled porn. BZZZZZTT!)

Thanks, as I suspected, I got the text message, but not the one with
the picture.

Don't give up yet.
Often longer posts (like binaries) take longer to propagate.

I suspect that one of the ways Giganews can handle the retention they
do (200 days binaries and indefinite text) that they only propagate
binaries on specifically binary groups.

Perhaps time to get a *real* newsserver?

Giganews isn't real? I'm there because of their retention and that
they have nearly every newsgroup. I was with Uncensored News for
years but their retention was getting down to hours, if I didn't check
two or three times a day I'd loose messages because they'd have
expired, and ISP news servers aren't worth the trouble, between almost
no retention and only a few newsgroups.

Altopia, in my opinion, has always been the best.
In the early days, their retention was a bit poor; but they've always
carried *all* the newsgroups, never honored cancels, and have been
pretty much the gold standard. That's why, in spite of my ISP having
"free" newsservice for years and me on a *very* tight (read almost
nonexistant) budget, I've stuck with them all these years.

Lately their retention has been so good it's getting to the ridiculous
stage. I guess that's because disk space has gotten to be ridiculously
cheap.

Right now I just got around to downloading some cartoons that are about
two months old. All still there.

[Tim Merrigan]

Post by Frank McCoy

Post by Tim Merrigan

Post by Frank McCoy

Post by Tim Merrigan

Post by Frank McCoy

Post by Tim Merrigan

Post by Frank McCoy
A text-only message; not a followup.
(This is a test. This is *only* a test. If this had been a real erotic
story notification you would have been redirected to the local
sex-stories newsgroup in your newsserver. This concludes this test of
the Emergency Erotic Stories Notification System. We now return you to
your regularly scheduled porn. BZZZZZTT!)

Thanks, as I suspected, I got the text message, but not the one with
the picture.

Don't give up yet.
Often longer posts (like binaries) take longer to propagate.

I suspect that one of the ways Giganews can handle the retention they
do (200 days binaries and indefinite text) that they only propagate
binaries on specifically binary groups.

Perhaps time to get a *real* newsserver?

Giganews isn't real? I'm there because of their retention and that
they have nearly every newsgroup. I was with Uncensored News for
years but their retention was getting down to hours, if I didn't check
two or three times a day I'd loose messages because they'd have
expired, and ISP news servers aren't worth the trouble, between almost
no retention and only a few newsgroups.

Altopia, in my opinion, has always been the best.
In the early days, their retention was a bit poor; but they've always
carried *all* the newsgroups, never honored cancels, and have been
pretty much the gold standard. That's why, in spite of my ISP having
"free" newsservice for years and me on a *very* tight (read almost
nonexistant) budget, I've stuck with them all these years.
Lately their retention has been so good it's getting to the ridiculous
stage. I guess that's because disk space has gotten to be ridiculously
cheap.
Right now I just got around to downloading some cartoons that are about
two months old. All still there.

I'll check it out.