Re: Datamas.de?

Peter Boulding wrote, in <5d69u3pqs4t4d3bja306e2kbolsucftp3i@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:31:32 +0000:

> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:55:56 +0000, Nick Spalding <spalding@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote in
> <pah2u31u0cgep8q6hrsi1i9orbtm4dbo38@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> (Note to anyone choosing to sign up with motzarella: don't try to use
their
> >> server immediately upon receipt of the e-mail confirming user name
and
> >> password; wait an hour or so before reconfiguring your news client.)
> >
> >How long do you have to wait for that email?  They accepted my
> >registration around 2pm GMT and I haven't seen it yet.
> 
> Did it get sorted?

It did, the email came the following day and as you found it wouldn't
immediately connect but I left it alone for a couple of hours and it
finally did.  It seems to have excellent completion, marginally better
than any other free server, and > 2 months retention.  It sometimes hangs
fire on connection but gets there in the end.

Comparative stats for 28 days: 

<fixed pitch>
alt.fan.cecil-adams
         Merge     IOL     NIN     APN     NDD     ALB     AIO     MOZ
Total    13435   13343   13311   13434   13288   13295   10898   13297
Avg.       480     477     475     480     475     475     389     475
                 99.32%  99.08%  99.99%  98.91%  98.96%  81.12%  98.97%

IOL is my ISP's server
NIN is news.individual.net    €10 per year
APN is rebadged Easynews    $2.95 per month
NDD is news.datemas.de    free
ALB is news.albasani.net    free
AIO is news.aioe.org    free
MOZ is news.motzarella.org    free
Merge is all of them merged together.
-- 
Nick Spalding