In article <1994May6.160010.25347@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Brian Samson) writes: > Is there any way that us low-life (the normal users of NetNews) can get stats > like how long a newsgroup keeps its articles, See my posting to mu.newgroups dated 28 Apr 1994 for a listing of standard retention periods for various NetNews hierarchies carried at Miami. > what newsgroups Miami doesn't > subscribe to, etc? If you use the register command to add a newsgroup to your newsrc file, and the newsgroup doesn't appear, it probably means Miami doesn't carry it. > By the way, what if there's a newsgroup I want to read and Miami doesn't have > it? It hasn't happened to me yet, but the thought just arose. Where do I > go? Can I request that Miami subscribes, or am I SOL? No, you're not SOL at all. Just post a request to mu.newgroups or send me e-mail at [log in to unmask] > Brian Samson > [log in to unmask] > > strong enough for a man who used to be a woman, but made for a woman who > wants to be a man. -- John B Harlan Campus Wide Information System (CWIS) Coordinator Miami University (Ohio USA) [log in to unmask]