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Azerkeruth

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The server was down for several hours today. I had several posts stuck in
limbo which have now belatedly appeared. So if they seem out of synch you
know why.

Here I recommended this server recently so of course it goes down. Very
unusual for them to go down like this though. There's no indication as to
why on their website but the bandwidth rate graph on their server status
page shows no activity for about six hours.

MartyB
 
"Nunya Bidnits" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

Hmmm... Mine has been working fine. *Knock wood* But some time back it was
always going down in the middle of the night. Which is when I am usually on
here.
 
dsi1 wrote:

Same here, however the server: news.eternal-september.org, no longer works.
I changed it to: uucp.eternal-september.org. And now it works.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:41:47 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
wrote:


How did you find out what to change it to?

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:25:57 +0000 (UTC), Nad R wrote:


That was March 23rd, LAST YEAR.

The UUCP host machine name should only apply to machines that relay
articles to each other (when news servers talk to other news servers
to exchange articles). It's not for client connections such as those
of us reading RFC and other groups.

But it's possible that uucp.* is just a synonym for another client
accessible computer. You should not have to (nor should you) use
uucp.* as your NNTP server. You should switch it to one of the other
servers mentioned on that page. The fact that you got it to work was
just co-incidence.

-sw
 
Sqwertz wrote:

I just switched it back to "news." with all the old settings before that
system was down... It still failed to read or post messages today. After I
switched it back to "uucp" it started working again. I have tried the other
nntp and nntps servers and they did not work either. Perhaps each server
has it own separate password and id settings. However, I can post now at no
cost. If it goes down again I will probably will switch to so far it seems
to work again.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
Re: [email protected]

Nad R wrote:


Your username and password are the same across all their servers. Your news
client shows as NewsTap 3.2 (IPad). I'm not familiar with it. But if you are
using the nntp or nntps settings you need to have the server's account
config set to the correct port number as specified on the settings page, and
SSL checked in your config if using nntps. What nntp server and port number
is set in the account config when you switch back?

I suspect either it has something to do with your Ipad client compatability
or something isn't right in the account config on your end.

I have no idea why the uucp works.

MartyB
 
"Nunya Bidnits" wrote:

I tried the port settings. I find it odd myself. Yesterday before the down
time the standard settings worked. This morning I changed the settings and
now it works. When i tried the other servers settings they failed. I think
it recognizes it is from a mobile device. So as long it works, I am happy,
otherwise I will signup for a low cost Giganews account if it fails in the
future.

I admit NewsTap is a bare bones news reader. No where near as good on my
Base Computers MT NewsWatcher which I rarely use now. I will never ever own
a laptop again. I love these go anywhere tablet devices.

Time to let the thread end.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:47:53 +0000 (UTC), Nad R wrote:


If the other advertised servers are not working, then you have another
setting that is not correct, possibly the port number. Teh other
servers are working, and the fact that the uucp machine is accepting
your connections is not guaranteed to work tomorrow (it shouldn't even
work today). It's best to find out what the problem is now, rather
than it becoming a problem (again) later.

Just a fair warning.

-sw
 
Nad R wrote:


I have not changed any settings on my account. If this post goes through,
then what you experienced was probably just the temporary effect of server
maintenance. Was it truly so important to participate in Usenet at that
exact moment?

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