No Longer Available Messages

I often wonder how NGs are controlled/moderated.
How is it decided whether or not a message should stay on the server?
I can understand the need to remove obnoxious/pornographic/slanderous etc.
postings but it seems that some are removed for no logical reason.
It can't be a question of *age* because often older ones are retained. If I
go to sowewhere like Google Groups I can usually read those that have been
removed from my NG server.
Is there any way that I can set up OE to Send/Receive but only present those
messages that are still available?

Bart

I can't speak for the ISP-provided newsserver you use but the MS newsserver
keeps messages available for at least 90 days by default, Bart.

Inside Outlook Express - Communities and Newsgroups for Outlook Express:
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/co...tm#setupmsnews
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security


Bart wrote:
I often wonder how NGs are controlled/moderated.
How is it decided whether or not a message should stay on the server?
I can understand the need to remove obnoxious/pornographic/slanderous etc.
postings but it seems that some are removed for no logical reason.
It can't be a question of *age* because often older ones are retained. If
I go to sowewhere like Google Groups I can usually read those that have
been removed from my NG server.
Is there any way that I can set up OE to Send/Receive but only present
those messages that are still available?

Bart