Our retention is over 6,600 days, which is more than 18 years, and it grows by one day every day. That means you can download posts going back many years. You can see today's exact figure on our Usenet retention page.

Our article completion is 99.99%, so almost every post is available in full. A small number of posts may be incomplete, or may have been removed by the person who posted them or after a copyright notice. See My download is incomplete or won't repair.