Inactive Newsgroups

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  • Giganews provides over 110,000 newsgroups, from the most popular to currently inactive newsgroups. With Giganews, any topic on Usenet is available.
  • The Giganews homepage includes a newsgroup search tool that displays the activity of any group. You can easily check for inactive newsgroups without leaving your web browser.
  • With 200+ days of binary retention and 1885 days of text retention, even inactive newsgroups will have plenty of articles to browse.
  • We offer 99% or better completion in every single newsgroup. Combined with our outstanding retention, inactive newsgroups perform just as well as the most popular groups.
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Features & Metrics

  • Binary Retention: 200 days
  • Text Retention: 1885 days
  • Completion: 99%+
  • Newsgroups: 107,000+
  • Allowed Streams: 10
  • Servers: North America, Europe
  • Free Headers: YES
  • Unlimited Account: YES
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