That depends on your service provider. Mine keeps them around for about 3 weeks. I know of some which are longer and some which are shorter. You can get close to 2 weeks off of Digital's AltaVista web site (http://www.altavista.digital.com). Choose Usenet rather than web for your search domain and search for soc.genealogy.slavic. Stephen On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, YOHOYOHO <yohoyoho@AOL.COM> wrote: >how long will a message be posted >mine dissapeared within a day >SINCAVICH & KATCAVICH >perplexed and saddened >yohoyoho@aol.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Kymlicka / 2333 Robinson St., Regina, SK, S4T 2R3 / kymlicka@sk.sympatico.ca / "Well, it is an ancient custom, so let them keep it". Herodotus --------------------------------------------------------------------