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Re: Debian-User To UseNet Reliability?




On Sat, 10 May 2008 03:50:08 +0200, you wrote:

Doug Mitton <doug_mitton@hotmail.com>:

 I have been following Debian User for a long time now, via the
 UseNet group.  Lately I have replied to an issue or 2 (via the
 mailing list) but not all responses seem to make it to the UseNet.

Tried playing with the test groups?  I use a free connection from
nntp.aioe.org, and I've seen nothing untoward.

Yes, I test my connection via the test groups a few times a week.
You'll se "Mitton" all over alt.test in particular.

 Are there any others who access it this way and have you noticed
 missing posts ... or is this possibly a problem with my usenet
 server?

bofh.it gets borked from time to time, but those are soon sorted out.
Other than that, it just works.  I prefer slrn with its
filtering/Scoring for usenet available lists.

I've been using Agent for a very long time and I'm just plain used to navigating with it ... it works well for me. I try the newest versions
of the native clients but I keep going back to Agent ... for now at least.

You might want to also subscribe to whitelist@lists.debian.org - that
might help.  You are posting from hotmail, after all.  :-P

Well, I'm not really posting from HotMail, I just use that identity when I post from Pine (or Agent via email) I don't like to use a "good" email address on UseNet ... and you have to have a real one to get into this mailing list. When I post directly to UseNet I use this hotmail address and "obfuscate" it.

I'll have to look into what "whitelist" actually is.

Thanks!

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 Doug Mitton - Linux Counter #50401
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