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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: eternal-september database corruption.
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:54:00 -0700
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On 8/13/2024 7:05 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:07:59 +0200, kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:04:54 -0700, Justisaur wrote:
>>
>>> Just an FYI, if you're receiving a message about messages not being
>>> found there was an issue at eternal september where the database was
>>> corrupted.  They're working on restoring messages but it will take
>>> around 3 weeks.
>>>
>>> You can see conversations about it at the newsgroup
>>> eternal-september.support.
>>
>> we need more usenet servers methinks. having everyone on one service is an
>> issue. For some reason Eternal September has become the standard to go to
>> for free access to text groups. I assume because unlike others it was
>> comparatively good with spam during the google groups spam waves.
> 
> It's got longevity on its side too. A lot of free NNTP servers are
> fly-by-night; they last only a few years before the person offering
> the service calls it quits (no blame on them; it's often a thankless
> job). Eternal September has been around since... 2009, it looks like
> (that's as far as the web.archive.org shows, anyway).
> 
> Switching between newsservers isn't hard, but it's an annoyance that
> most people don't want to deal with. Going with Eternal September, you
> have some confidence that you won't have to switch to some new server
> in six months. You can't say that about a lot of the other free
> offerings.

Until it's lone operator dies or quits for some other reason.

Still the longest operating around that's free, has an active operator 
that responds in the E-S.support newsgroup, and longest retention.

-- 
-Justisaur

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