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From: "Relf"  <Usenet@Jeff-Relf.Me>
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 20:06:13 -0700 (Seattle)
Message-ID: <Jeff-Relf.Me@Apr.8--8.06pm.Seattle.2024>
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: I switch servers on the fly, willy nilly.
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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.