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Subject: Re: Thom Miller/novabbs/i2pn2
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:56:39 +0200, Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
>Hello!
>It seems that we have really bad news:
>|This is Thom's (Retro Guy) wife Kaylen
>|Miller. Thom passed away from pancreatic cancer on Saturday morning
>Message-ID: <d2d9f95ee00f5ea8628b1c13da758c8e@www.novabbs.org>
>Even when this message could be written by everyone, it seems real as
>Thom hasn't been active in those groups for some weeks.

hmm...

https://news.novabbs.org/rocksolid/thread.php?group=rocksolid.nodes.announce

>Path: ..!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
>From: Anonymous@novabbs.org (Anonymous)
>Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.announce
>Subject: Re: Error: The connection to the Message Server failed.  Please wait a few
> minutes and try again.     No articles available T (darius)
>Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:33:29 +0000
>Organization: Rocksolid Light
>Message-ID: <d2d9f95ee00f5ea8628b1c13da758c8e@www.novabbs.org>
>References: <28807a7b690147183be59687537e75e7@www.novabbs.com>
>Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; ..="usenet@i2pn2.org";
>...
>This is Thom's (Retro Guy) wife Kaylen
>Miller. Thom passed away from pancreatic cancer on Saturday morning
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>Path: ..!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
>From: Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.org>
>Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.announce
>Subject: Re: It looks like the NovaBBS Usenet server, specifically the
> Rocksolid Light instance, is experiencing ongoing technical is
>Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:53:11 -0000 (UTC)
>Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
>Message-ID: <b47eaebd3e9c773ee30b2f576642595de2700f55@i2pn2.org>
>References: <44044644bcf466ce0737daa302cb6c29@www.novabbs.com>
>Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; ..mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org";
>...
>On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:55:57 +0000, darius wrote:
>> It looks like the NovaBBS Usenet server, specifically the Rocksolid
>> Light instance, is experiencing ongoing technical issues. The repeated
>> 502 Bad Gateway (nginx) errors and "Connection to the Message Server
>> failed" messages suggest that the backend Usenet server is either down,
>> misconfigured, or overloaded.
>> Here’s what you can do to troubleshoot and possibly get it back in
>> order:
>> 1. Check If the Server Is Actually Down
>
>That's if sending the same message over and over again saying the same 
>thing over and over again doesn't work.
>> 
>> Try the following steps:
>
snip
>
>The response was a big "thank you".
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for comparison, other newsgroups show recent activity, e.g. 
https://news.novabbs.org/arts/thread.php?group=rec.arts.tv

(also, no previous mention anywhere about advanced illness)