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Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow

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On 9/12/2015 1:50 PM, Osmium wrote:
> "Jim Thomas" wrote:
> 
>> "Michael Black" <et472@ncf.ca> wrote in message
> 
>>> But I've seen that change, once I actually read the message, the
>>> number changes to match the actual size of the message.
>>
>> Not surprising if it initially has just the header and can't
>> work out the actual size until it has downloaded it when
>> reading online.
> 
> Is that common? All this fuss about retention is simply retention of
> the *header*?  ISTM that implies that the first site that processes  a
> message (or someone) is expected to retain it forever. Could you
> elaborate on this?

My understanding of the term "retention" re a news server is that the
header+body are retained. WRT expiring posts from my reader, retention
would mean header (and body if present), but that does not imply the
news server has (or does not have) the body. I dunno what retention
eternal-september (which I use for text groups) has, but blocknews
(which I use for binaries) retains both header and body for a year or
more.

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all those packages still need to be delivered somehow jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2015-09-09 19:02 +0000
  Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-10 18:11 +0000
    Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-11 12:48 +0000
      Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-09-11 09:34 -0500
        Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-12 13:24 +0000
          Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-12 11:17 -0400
            Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow "Jim Thomas" <JT@nospam.com> - 2015-09-13 04:35 +1000
              Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-09-12 13:50 -0500
                Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow "Jim Thomas" <JT@nospam.com> - 2015-09-13 06:47 +1000
                Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-13 13:43 +0000
                Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow "Jim Thomas" <JT@nospam.com> - 2015-09-14 04:22 +1000
                Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-14 12:50 +0000
                Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow "Jim Thomas" <JT@nospam.com> - 2015-09-15 04:37 +1000
                Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-09-14 19:13 +0000
                Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow "Jim Thomas" <JT@nospam.com> - 2015-09-15 09:10 +1000
                Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-09-13 22:45 +0200
                Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-09-12 16:59 -0500
          Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-14 13:32 +0000
            Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow "Jim Thomas" <JT@nospam.com> - 2015-09-15 04:46 +1000
              Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-14 19:55 +0000
                Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-09-14 18:12 -0500
                Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow "Jim Thomas" <JT@nospam.com> - 2015-09-15 09:16 +1000
            Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-15 13:07 +0000
              Re: all those packages still need to be delivered somehow mrr@sambook.reistad.name (Morten Reistad) - 2015-09-15 16:15 +0200

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