• OT: Anyone using Tweaknews?

    From Pimpom@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 19 17:55:05 2024
    Returning after a long absence from Usenet.

    I remembered that I have a block account with Tweaknews, checked to see
    that my account is still valid and that I've hardly made a dent in the
    10GB block. I installed Thunderbird and configured it to use
    news.tweaknews.eu but haven't been able to download the newsgroup list.

    I'm posting this via eternal-september. Is anyone using Tweaknews? Is
    the server down? How has it been performing recently?

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  • From Phil Hobbs@21:1/5 to Pimpom on Fri Jul 19 17:28:14 2024
    Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    Returning after a long absence from Usenet.

    I remembered that I have a block account with Tweaknews, checked to see
    that my account is still valid and that I've hardly made a dent in the
    10GB block. I installed Thunderbird and configured it to use news.tweaknews.eu but haven't been able to download the newsgroup list.

    I'm posting this via eternal-september. Is anyone using Tweaknews? Is
    the server down? How has it been performing recently?


    Welcome back!

    Cheers

    Phil Hobbs

    --
    Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics

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  • From Jeff Layman@21:1/5 to Pimpom on Fri Jul 19 19:10:07 2024
    On 19/07/2024 13:25, Pimpom wrote:
    Returning after a long absence from Usenet.

    I remembered that I have a block account with Tweaknews, checked to see
    that my account is still valid and that I've hardly made a dent in the
    10GB block. I installed Thunderbird and configured it to use news.tweaknews.eu but haven't been able to download the newsgroup list.

    Right click on the Tweaknews news server name in TB's folders pane, and
    click on "Subscribe". A box will open with all the newsgroups available.
    Click on "Refresh" to update the list. Then just tick the box of the NGs
    you want to subscribe to.

    I'm posting this via eternal-september. Is anyone using Tweaknews? Is
    the server down? How has it been performing recently?

    I don't use Tweaknews, but can't see why TB should deal with it any
    differently to other news servers.

    --
    Jeff

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  • From Pimpom@21:1/5 to Phil Hobbs on Sat Jul 20 01:20:02 2024
    On 19-07-2024 10:58 pm, Phil Hobbs wrote:
    Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    Returning after a long absence from Usenet.

    I remembered that I have a block account with Tweaknews, checked to see
    that my account is still valid and that I've hardly made a dent in the
    10GB block. I installed Thunderbird and configured it to use
    news.tweaknews.eu but haven't been able to download the newsgroup list.

    I'm posting this via eternal-september. Is anyone using Tweaknews? Is
    the server down? How has it been performing recently?


    Welcome back!

    Cheers

    Phil Hobbs

    Thank you. With Jim Thompson gone, I guess I'm one of the more senior
    ones here at sed.

    I contracted COVID-19 in November 2020. Hospitalised with low O2 level
    but not too bad. Survived a bout of dengue fever in Sept 22. That one
    almost killed me but I'm OK now.

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  • From Pimpom@21:1/5 to Jeff Layman on Sat Jul 20 01:21:01 2024
    On 19-07-2024 11:40 pm, Jeff Layman wrote:
    On 19/07/2024 13:25, Pimpom wrote:
    Returning after a long absence from Usenet.

    I remembered that I have a block account with Tweaknews, checked to see
    that my account is still valid and that I've hardly made a dent in the
    10GB block. I installed Thunderbird and configured it to use
    news.tweaknews.eu but haven't been able to download the newsgroup list.

    Right click on the Tweaknews news server name in TB's folders pane, and
    click on "Subscribe". A box will open with all the newsgroups available. Click on "Refresh" to update the list. Then just tick the box of the NGs
    you want to subscribe to.

    I'm posting this via eternal-september. Is anyone using Tweaknews? Is
    the server down? How has it been performing recently?

    I don't use Tweaknews, but can't see why TB should deal with it any differently to other news servers.


    Oh, I know the procedure for getting the newsgroups list and subscribing
    to selected ones. It's how I posted the question via news.eternal-september.org.

    The problem is with Tweaknews. It won't download the list. It seems
    their newsserver is down. I've been trying at intervals for the past 12
    hours. Thunderbird just wouldn't connect to the server.

    I submitted a query to their support several hours ago. No action yet
    apart from the acknowledgement.

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  • From Don Y@21:1/5 to Pimpom on Fri Jul 19 12:59:34 2024
    On 7/19/2024 12:51 PM, Pimpom wrote:
    On 19-07-2024 11:40 pm, Jeff Layman wrote:
    On 19/07/2024 13:25, Pimpom wrote:
    Returning after a long absence from Usenet.

    I remembered that I have a block account with Tweaknews, checked to see
    that my account is still valid and that I've hardly made a dent in the
    10GB block. I installed Thunderbird and configured it to use
    news.tweaknews.eu but haven't been able to download the newsgroup list.

    Right click on the Tweaknews news server name in TB's folders pane, and click
    on "Subscribe". A box will open with all the newsgroups available. Click on >> "Refresh" to update the list. Then just tick the box of the NGs you want to >> subscribe to.

    I'm posting this via eternal-september. Is anyone using Tweaknews? Is
    the server down? How has it been performing recently?

    I don't use Tweaknews, but can't see why TB should deal with it any
    differently to other news servers.


    Oh, I know the procedure for getting the newsgroups list and subscribing to selected ones. It's how I posted the question via news.eternal-september.org.

    The problem is with Tweaknews. It won't download the list. It seems their newsserver is down. I've been trying at intervals for the past 12 hours. Thunderbird just wouldn't connect to the server.

    Did you try to TELNET to the port directly?

    I submitted a query to their support several hours ago. No action yet apart from the acknowledgement.

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  • From Bill Sloman@21:1/5 to Pimpom on Sat Jul 20 15:58:18 2024
    On 20/07/2024 5:51 am, Pimpom wrote:
    On 19-07-2024 11:40 pm, Jeff Layman wrote:
    On 19/07/2024 13:25, Pimpom wrote:
    Returning after a long absence from Usenet.

    I remembered that I have a block account with Tweaknews, checked to see
    that my account is still valid and that I've hardly made a dent in the
    10GB block. I installed Thunderbird and configured it to use
    news.tweaknews.eu but haven't been able to download the newsgroup list.

    Right click on the Tweaknews news server name in TB's folders pane,
    and click on "Subscribe". A box will open with all the newsgroups
    available. Click on "Refresh" to update the list. Then just tick the
    box of the NGs you want to subscribe to.

    I'm posting this via eternal-september. Is anyone using Tweaknews? Is
    the server down? How has it been performing recently?

    I don't use Tweaknews, but can't see why TB should deal with it any
    differently to other news servers.


    Oh, I know the procedure for getting the newsgroups list and subscribing
    to selected ones. It's how I posted the question via news.eternal-september.org.

    The problem is with Tweaknews. It won't download the list. It seems
    their newsserver is down. I've been trying at intervals for the past 12 hours. Thunderbird just wouldn't connect to the server.

    I submitted a query to their support several hours ago. No action yet
    apart from the acknowledgement.

    It could just be the latest international computer crash. There's nearly
    a page on it my local newspaper.

    "The IT outage was caused by a fault in the "Falcon sensor" used by the US-based cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike".

    It seems to have messed up a lot of services around the world.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney



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  • From Pimpom@21:1/5 to Bill Sloman on Sat Jul 20 22:22:34 2024
    On 20-07-2024 11:28 am, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 20/07/2024 5:51 am, Pimpom wrote:
    On 19-07-2024 11:40 pm, Jeff Layman wrote:
    On 19/07/2024 13:25, Pimpom wrote:
    Returning after a long absence from Usenet.

    I remembered that I have a block account with Tweaknews, checked to see >>>> that my account is still valid and that I've hardly made a dent in the >>>> 10GB block. I installed Thunderbird and configured it to use
    news.tweaknews.eu but haven't been able to download the newsgroup list. >>>
    Right click on the Tweaknews news server name in TB's folders pane,
    and click on "Subscribe". A box will open with all the newsgroups
    available. Click on "Refresh" to update the list. Then just tick the
    box of the NGs you want to subscribe to.

    I'm posting this via eternal-september. Is anyone using Tweaknews? Is
    the server down? How has it been performing recently?

    I don't use Tweaknews, but can't see why TB should deal with it any
    differently to other news servers.


    Oh, I know the procedure for getting the newsgroups list and
    subscribing to selected ones. It's how I posted the question via
    news.eternal-september.org.

    The problem is with Tweaknews. It won't download the list. It seems
    their newsserver is down. I've been trying at intervals for the past
    12 hours. Thunderbird just wouldn't connect to the server.

    I submitted a query to their support several hours ago. No action yet
    apart from the acknowledgement.

    It could just be the latest international computer crash. There's nearly
    a page on it my local newspaper.

    "The IT outage was caused by a fault in the "Falcon sensor" used by the US-based cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike".

    It seems to have messed up a lot of services around the world.

    Could be. Anyway, I could finish setting up TB for Tweaknews later last
    night.

    Their reply to my query came much later and asked for several details,
    all of which I'd already submitted except for an error log from my
    newsreader.

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  • From Edward Rawde@21:1/5 to Bill Sloman on Sat Jul 20 22:27:18 2024
    "Bill Sloman" <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in message news:0cc7a3a1-5abb-453c-bc7f-cd08753fbe46@ieee.org...
    On 20/07/2024 5:51 am, Pimpom wrote:
    On 19-07-2024 11:40 pm, Jeff Layman wrote:
    On 19/07/2024 13:25, Pimpom wrote:
    Returning after a long absence from Usenet.

    I remembered that I have a block account with Tweaknews, checked to see >>>> that my account is still valid and that I've hardly made a dent in the >>>> 10GB block. I installed Thunderbird and configured it to use
    news.tweaknews.eu but haven't been able to download the newsgroup list. >>>
    Right click on the Tweaknews news server name in TB's folders pane, and click on "Subscribe". A box will open with all the
    newsgroups available. Click on "Refresh" to update the list. Then just tick the box of the NGs you want to subscribe to.

    I'm posting this via eternal-september. Is anyone using Tweaknews? Is
    the server down? How has it been performing recently?

    I don't use Tweaknews, but can't see why TB should deal with it any differently to other news servers.


    Oh, I know the procedure for getting the newsgroups list and subscribing to selected ones. It's how I posted the question via
    news.eternal-september.org.

    The problem is with Tweaknews. It won't download the list. It seems their newsserver is down. I've been trying at intervals for
    the past 12 hours. Thunderbird just wouldn't connect to the server.

    I submitted a query to their support several hours ago. No action yet apart from the acknowledgement.

    It could just be the latest international computer crash. There's nearly a page on it my local newspaper.

    It was predicted in 1961
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Fnd_in_a_Lbry

    https://folk.universitetetioslo.no/knuthe/kuriosa/draper.pdf

    My favourite line:
    "although hardly anybody knew anything any longer, everybody knew how to find out everything."


    "The IT outage was caused by a fault in the "Falcon sensor" used by the US-based cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike".

    It seems to have messed up a lot of services around the world.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney



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