• Eternal-September logins or lack thereof

    From Dave@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 11 06:17:57 2020
    G'day folks.
    Over the past months I've found more often than not
    'news.eternal-september...' fails to login, and for extended periods not
    just a short while.

    Is anyone else using this news server having similar problems?

    Eventually it logs in again and I forget about it, but after a few days
    off it goes again.

    I have the following in my Newshound servers directory. (Obviously in a
    file of its own called 'nes').

    # News server hostname:
    news.eternal-september.org:8119,username,password

    It's the same as it has been for many years.

    It is not a big problem as n.e-s is my secondary new server, but I would
    like to know if...

    1) Is the above entry correct or has it changed in recent times?

    2) Anyone else encountering the problem?

    3) And Why?

    Thanks
    Dave

    My primary news service is News.Individual.NET which seems to be okay.

    D.

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  • From Dave Plowman (News)@21:1/5 to Dave on Wed Nov 11 11:00:07 2020
    In article <58cd983a61dave@triffid.co.uk>,
    Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

    G'day folks.
    Over the past months I've found more often than not 'news.eternal-september...' fails to login, and for extended periods not
    just a short while.

    Is anyone else using this news server having similar problems?

    No. I use both it and aioe to get the groups I read. Occasionally, one or
    the other will fail to login. Newshound is set to do an auto fetch every
    10 minutes.

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  • From Chris Hughes@21:1/5 to Dave on Wed Nov 11 10:34:50 2020
    In message <58cd983a61dave@triffid.co.uk>
    Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:


    G'day folks.
    Over the past months I've found more often than not 'news.eternal-september...' fails to login, and for extended periods not
    just a short while.

    Is anyone else using this news server having similar problems?

    Eventually it logs in again and I forget about it, but after a few days
    off it goes again.

    I have the following in my Newshound servers directory. (Obviously in a
    file of its own called 'nes').

    # News server hostname:
    news.eternal-september.org:8119,username,password

    It's the same as it has been for many years.

    Thats what I use, checks every 20 mins, and not noticed any issues

    It is not a big problem as n.e-s is my secondary new server, but I would
    like to know if...

    1) Is the above entry correct or has it changed in recent times?

    Seems fine, its what I use.

    2) Anyone else encountering the problem?

    Not here (famous last words)

    3) And Why?

    No idea.




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  • From druck@21:1/5 to Dave on Wed Nov 11 11:01:14 2020
    On 11/11/2020 06:17, Dave wrote:
    G'day folks.
    Over the past months I've found more often than not 'news.eternal-september...' fails to login, and for extended periods not
    just a short while.

    Is anyone else using this news server having similar problems?

    Eventually it logs in again and I forget about it, but after a few days
    off it goes again.

    I have the following in my Newshound servers directory. (Obviously in a
    file of its own called 'nes').

    # News server hostname:
    news.eternal-september.org:8119,username,password

    Its working fine for me, I'm using port 119 though.

    ---druck

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  • From Sniffer@21:1/5 to Dave on Thu Nov 12 16:31:56 2020
    On 11/11/2020 06:17, Dave wrote:
    G'day folks.
    Over the past months I've found more often than not 'news.eternal-september...' fails to login, and for extended periods not
    just a short while.

    Is anyone else using this news server having similar problems?

    Eventually it logs in again and I forget about it, but after a few days
    off it goes again.

    I have the following in my Newshound servers directory. (Obviously in a
    file of its own called 'nes').

    # News server hostname:
    news.eternal-september.org:8119,username,password

    It's the same as it has been for many years.

    It is not a big problem as n.e-s is my secondary new server, but I would
    like to know if...

    1) Is the above entry correct or has it changed in recent times?

    2) Anyone else encountering the problem?

    3) And Why?

    Thanks
    Dave

    My primary news service is News.Individual.NET which seems to be okay.

    D.


    Works here with the very occasional drop out. Like druck, I use port 119.

    Mike.
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  • From druck@21:1/5 to Dave on Thu Nov 12 21:13:06 2020
    On 11/11/2020 06:17, Dave wrote:
    G'day folks.
    Over the past months I've found more often than not 'news.eternal-september...' fails to login, and for extended periods not
    just a short while.

    I did take a look at their status page http://www.eternal-september.org/serverstatus.php?language=en earlier
    today, and the first two boxes were showing yellow. I could still get
    news though, and its back to all greens now. When you have problems take
    a look at the page.

    ---druck

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to druck on Thu Nov 12 21:32:06 2020
    In article <rok8h4$qel$1@dont-email.me>,
    druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:
    On 11/11/2020 06:17, Dave wrote:
    G'day folks. Over the past months I've found more often than not 'news.eternal-september...' fails to login, and for extended periods
    not just a short while.

    I did take a look at their status page http://www.eternal-september.org/serverstatus.php?language=en earlier
    today, and the first two boxes were showing yellow. I could still get
    news though, and its back to all greens now. When you have problems take
    a look at the page.

    ---druck

    Ah! a useful URL.

    Interestingly, since you posted about using 119 I changed my entry to just
    119 and it seems to be working without the irregular failing.

    Time will tell. :-)

    I can't remember where I picked up the usage of 8119 but I do remember it
    was online somewhere. :-(

    Thanks for posting the URL, I can use that.

    Dave

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  • From Russell Hafter News@21:1/5 to dave@triffid.co.uk on Fri Nov 13 11:37:25 2020
    In article <58ce6fc1b6dave@triffid.co.uk>, Dave
    <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

    I can't remember where I picked up the usage of 8119 but
    I do remember it was online somewhere. :-(

    8119 is what I have always used, with no recent problems.

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  • From Chris Hughes@21:1/5 to dave@davenoise.co.uk on Fri Nov 13 13:57:55 2020
    In message <58cec5f858dave@davenoise.co.uk>
    "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

    In article <58ce6fc1b6dave@triffid.co.uk>,
    Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
    In article <rok8h4$qel$1@dont-email.me>,
    druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:
    On 11/11/2020 06:17, Dave wrote:
    G'day folks. Over the past months I've found more often than not
    'news.eternal-september...' fails to login, and for extended periods
    not just a short while.

    I did take a look at their status page
    http://www.eternal-september.org/serverstatus.php?language=en earlier
    today, and the first two boxes were showing yellow. I could still get
    news though, and its back to all greens now. When you have problems take >>> a look at the page.

    ---druck

    Ah! a useful URL.

    Interestingly, since you posted about using 119 I changed my entry to just >> 119 and it seems to be working without the irregular failing.

    Time will tell. :-)

    I can't remember where I picked up the usage of 8119 but I do remember it
    was online somewhere. :-(

    Thanks for posting the URL, I can use that.

    My file reads:-

    # News server hostname:
    news.eternal-september.org:8119,********,*******

    Should that 8119 be changed to 119?

    Mine is still 8119 and always has been and works.

    If its working leave well alone

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  • From Dave Plowman (News)@21:1/5 to Dave on Fri Nov 13 13:13:47 2020
    In article <58ce6fc1b6dave@triffid.co.uk>,
    Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
    In article <rok8h4$qel$1@dont-email.me>,
    druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:
    On 11/11/2020 06:17, Dave wrote:
    G'day folks. Over the past months I've found more often than not 'news.eternal-september...' fails to login, and for extended periods
    not just a short while.

    I did take a look at their status page http://www.eternal-september.org/serverstatus.php?language=en earlier today, and the first two boxes were showing yellow. I could still get
    news though, and its back to all greens now. When you have problems take
    a look at the page.

    ---druck

    Ah! a useful URL.

    Interestingly, since you posted about using 119 I changed my entry to just 119 and it seems to be working without the irregular failing.

    Time will tell. :-)

    I can't remember where I picked up the usage of 8119 but I do remember it
    was online somewhere. :-(

    Thanks for posting the URL, I can use that.

    My file reads:-

    # News server hostname:
    news.eternal-september.org:8119,********,*******

    Should that 8119 be changed to 119?

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  • From Dave Plowman (News)@21:1/5 to Chris Hughes on Fri Nov 13 14:50:48 2020
    In article <0903cace58.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>,
    Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
    In message <58cec5f858dave@davenoise.co.uk>
    "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

    In article <58ce6fc1b6dave@triffid.co.uk>,
    Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
    In article <rok8h4$qel$1@dont-email.me>,
    druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:
    On 11/11/2020 06:17, Dave wrote:
    G'day folks. Over the past months I've found more often than not
    'news.eternal-september...' fails to login, and for extended periods >>>> not just a short while.

    I did take a look at their status page
    http://www.eternal-september.org/serverstatus.php?language=en earlier
    today, and the first two boxes were showing yellow. I could still get
    news though, and its back to all greens now. When you have problems take >>> a look at the page.

    ---druck

    Ah! a useful URL.

    Interestingly, since you posted about using 119 I changed my entry to just >> 119 and it seems to be working without the irregular failing.

    Time will tell. :-)

    I can't remember where I picked up the usage of 8119 but I do remember it >> was online somewhere. :-(

    Thanks for posting the URL, I can use that.

    My file reads:-

    # News server hostname:
    news.eternal-september.org:8119,********,*******

    Should that 8119 be changed to 119?

    Mine is still 8119 and always has been and works.

    If its working leave well alone

    Good advice. ;-)

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    Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to dave@triffid.co.uk on Fri Nov 13 19:00:20 2020
    On 13 Nov, dave@triffid.co.uk wrote:
    All I can say is...
    Since changing my 8119 to 119 the eternal-september login has not failed once...
    So far. ;-)

    Dave

    I recently went to the URL given by Druck for eternal-september and interestingly the port noted there for news.eternal-september.org is just
    the 119.

    Dave

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 13 18:45:42 2020
    All I can say is...
    Since changing my 8119 to 119 the eternal-september login has not failed once...
    So far. ;-)

    Dave

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  • From Chris Hughes@21:1/5 to Dave on Fri Nov 13 19:41:51 2020
    In message <58cee5b2bbdave@triffid.co.uk>
    Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

    On 13 Nov, dave@triffid.co.uk wrote:
    All I can say is...
    Since changing my 8119 to 119 the eternal-september login has not failed
    once...
    So far. ;-)

    Dave

    I recently went to the URL given by Druck for eternal-september and interestingly the port noted there for news.eternal-september.org is just
    the 119.

    yes because 8119 is the hiddeen alternative as explained long ago on the
    site.

    8119 is working here and has done for years no plans to change it.



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