A while back you said downloading Usenet post info from glorb.com was really fast.
glorb.com doesn't seem to be around any more.
How and where are you downloading Usenet messages?
I use blocknews and python nntplib and SuckMT (Windows), but they're not quick enough any more. blocknews has suddenly gone downhill.
DFS asked me:
A while back you said downloading Usenet post info from glorb.com was really fast.
glorb.com doesn't seem to be around any more.
Yes, Glorb threw in the towel many years ago (2018?).
How and where are you downloading Usenet messages?
I use blocknews and python nntplib and SuckMT (Windows), but they're not
quick enough any more. blocknews has suddenly gone downhill.
I switch servers on the fly, willy nilly.
When BlockNews fails, I use UsenetNews, & vice versa.
Oddly, they don't both fail at the same time.
Instead of switching servers, you could just wait it out.
MessageID (instead of Article Number) "bookmarking" is tricky.
I list MessageIDs (100 at a time), starting from the highest Article Number, until I find one of the 10 MessageID "bookmarks" I've saved.
MessageID (instead of Article Number) "bookmarking" is tricky.
I list MessageIDs (100 at a time), starting from the highest Article Number,
until I find one of the 10 Message-ID "bookmarks" I've saved.
Can you give me the code you run to retrieve articles?
How were you getting 1000 articles in 4 seconds from glorb?
The python code I've relied on for years has become very slow and
unstable when running it against blocknews. Connections are dropped all
the time. SuckMT is OK fast, but it drops connections too.
I want to stay with blocknews because it has articles going back to
2003, and they might recover from their current woes.
You (DFS) replied ( to me ):
MessageID (instead of Article Number) "bookmarking" is tricky.
I list MessageIDs (100 at a time), starting from the highest Article Number,
until I find one of the 10 Message-ID "bookmarks" I've saved.
Can you give me the code you run to retrieve articles?
How were you getting 1000 articles in 4 seconds from glorb?
Glorb was lightning fast.
When possible, I sent it 100 commands at a time, instead of individually.
From "z1.CPP" in "Jeff-Relf.Me/z1.ZIP":
typedef __int64 i64 ; i64 _LowArtNum, _HighArtNum, HighArtNum ;
const int max_BookMarks = 10, MIDsPerPage = 100, Max_szMID = 200, Max_Sz_BookMark = max_BookMarks * Max_szMID ;
OpenGroup₍₎( LnP NG ) { // 211 303,341,573 1,844,605,951 2,147,947,523 Comp.OS.Linux.Advocacy
if ( !Go( L"Group %s", LowerCaseNG( NG ) ) ) { Sh( L"No Such NewsGroup, “ %c%s%c ” ?", ChNew, NG, ChText ); return 0 ; }
strCpy( _T, *Ln.PP ), P = _T, gTok, gTok, gTok, LowArtNum = AtoI( Tok ) - 1, gTok, HighArtNum = AtoI( Tok );
Sh( L"%s Articles; From: %s To: %s .", Commas( HighArtNum - LowArtNum ), Commas( LowArtNum + 1 ), Commas( HighArtNum ) ); return HighArtNum ; }
_LowArtNum = HighArtNum - MIDsPerPage - 1 ;
Go( L"xHdr Message-ID %I64d-%I64d", _LowArtNum, _HighArtNum );
The python code I've relied on for years has become very slow and
unstable when running it against blocknews. Connections are dropped all
the time. SuckMT is OK fast, but it drops connections too.
I want to stay with blocknews because it has articles going back to
2003, and they might recover from their current woes.
Try BlockNews and/or UsenetNews again, an hour later.
I list MessageIDs (100 at a time), starting from the highest Article Number,
until I find one of the 10 MessageID "bookmarks" I've saved.
I used to do head and body commands (via Python nntplib), but they don't
work very well lately. The 'article' command is pretty quick, though.
info = news.article(artID) artID = info[0] msgID = info[1] msg = info[2]
a minute ago, from blocknews:
211 1795999 899518 2695516 comp.os.linux.advocacy
But blocknews recently screwed up their article numbering,
and there are a lot of gaps in the sequence,
so there aren't 1795999 articles available on their server.
You (DFS) replied ( to me ):
I list MessageIDs (100 at a time), starting from the highest Article Number,
until I find one of the 10 MessageID "bookmarks" I've saved.
I used to do head and body commands (via Python nntplib), but they don't
work very well lately. The 'article' command is pretty quick, though.
info = news.article(artID) artID = info[0] msgID = info[1] msg = info[2]
Yes, instead of "head" and "body", I use the "article" command.
a minute ago, from blocknews:
211 1795999 899518 2695516 comp.os.linux.advocacy
But blocknews recently screwed up their article numbering,
and there are a lot of gaps in the sequence,
so there aren't 1795999 articles available on their server.
At times, blocknews is missing some articles and such;
some seconds later, they're back.
My code actually checks that blocknews has the 10 MessageIDs
that makes up my "bookmark", in the order expected;
if it doesn't, it pays to try again later.
At times, blocknews is missing some articles and such;
some seconds later, they're back.
Did that just start? For years BN has been rock solid and fast,
but in the past few months it's not working too well (for me).
My code actually checks that blocknews has the 10 MessageIDs
that makes up my "bookmark", in the order expected;
if it doesn't, it pays to try again later.
Which server(s) do you use to build a bookmark of 10 Msg-IDs in a
specific order? What's the order?
Note also that eternal-september blocks a variety of nyms.
Using ES, I never see anything from alt.checkmate in cola (which is good).
blocknews allows crossposting from alt.checkmate,
so their data often won't match with eternal-september.
How many and which news servers do you subscribe to? Why more than one?
Censorship is the price you pay for using EternalSeptember, nigger.
Crossposting is the price you pay for using [BlockNews].
I'm glad ES drops some (all?) of the alt.checkmate crossposts into cola.
You (DFS) replied ( to me ):
Did that just start? For years BN has been rock solid and fast,
but in the past few months it's not working too well (for me).
Yes, it's new. It took 10+ minutes for my "Jeff-Relf.Me@Apr.11--8.27am.Seattle.2024" post to show up.
3:16pm, Seattle, BlockNews reported:
29 Requested posts, got all 29 in 6 Secs.
CntNew / 30_DayCnt
7 / 513 DFS
Which server(s) do you use to build a bookmark of 10 Msg-IDs in a
specific order? What's the order?
Any server, every server; on the fly, willy-nilly.
Censorship is the price you pay for using EternalSeptember, nigga.
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