Usenet Explorer

Yes! That did the trick. My provider goes back 5000+ days.

Thanks!

If I do a simple search for the string: >The goon cbr<, without any filters, I get very few results. A similar search on NZB King (https://www.nzbking.com/?q=%22the+goon% ... r=&po=&so=) results in many, many more hits. Is the indexing still incomplete?

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PERFECT! Thanks a lot.

Solved HOW??? I am trying to do the same thing!

Greetings, I have a bunch of old mbox files containing messages from usenet groups, plain text. Not sure how they were created. One small (zipped) such file is attached. Can I import them in usenet explorer so I can read them? I tried the "Import only" menu item from "Import" but...

Is this due to a DoS attack or is there a limit to the number of users? First time I've seen it.

Is there a problem with the search service? Since yesterday most searches (90%) fail with search failed (4) or, sometimes, (3). Some searches go though, but rarely.

Thanks!

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