Re: X-No-Archive: yes and the newsgroup archives

Erik Vastmasd wrote:
> Ilgaz Ocal
>> "WazoO"

>>> Just noting that there is a lot of data being lost due to
>>> usage of this header flag bit.  Some threads leave one
>>> wondering what was actually being talked to as there
>>> are Reply's listed with no corresponding previous
>>> entry.
>>
>> I used that header for couple of days until figuring many of people I
>> try to help does not have actual usenet access (from ISP etc)
>>
>> I removed the header, but still it doesn't mean I like Google ; the
>> search engine default I take time to change to yahoo to archive my
>> messages.

Google 'basically' doesn't archive the spamcop newsgroups [except a
little bit by accident].  Spamcop's news is *not* Usenet.  I call
newsservers like spamcop's 'public private newsservers'.  Some other
categorizers call such newsservers 'Specialized Public NNTP News
Servers'.

> I still use "X-No-Archive: yes " in my posts and it doesn't mean that
> other people won't see my post, because it will still be sent to
> Usenet and available to other ISP's and Google etc.

Consider what you post to usenet newsgroups to be handled one way by
such archivers as google and what you post to spamcop's groups to be
handled 'just' by spamcop's newsserver.

> I think even
> Google will display the post for a relatively short period, but it
> means that my posts shouldn't be saved in most archives indefinitely.

Correct.  For what you post that gets archived by google.  Spamcop posts
'mostly' ie almost entirely, don't get archived by google.


-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin