On 3/19/2021 12:06 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:20:26 -0500, Snag wrote:
>
>> On 3/17/2021 12:31 PM, Graham wrote:
>>> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
>>> anyone else experienced this?
>>> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
>>> Strange.
>>>
>>
>> I use it for alt.home.repair , haven't noticed anything funny .
>
> Why would use it for one group and not others? News servers work
> identically for all the major text groups. They don't peer with
> different servers for different groups.
>
> 0-sw

Different retention rates, I'd assume. Alt.origins kept failing over
Eternal September. My messages would retain for maybe a day or two.