Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:10:39 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnospam.com> Subject: Re: New Web Site
googlenospammatechnologies.co.uk wrote: > Sorry yes I have just removed them from Google I'm not a news group > sort of person so I tend to just use google as my main interface. I > assume that any NNTP server/client subscribed to this news group would > have the entire thread? or would it just be any server that has > syncronised before I deleted the posts? Strictly speaking it's the latter - NNTP is a pull protocol. However, since several hours passed between posting and deleting, all servers carrying the group will have the messages. The delete request will be ignored by the vast majority of servers. -- Grunff