Path: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: guido wugi Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,news.software.readers Subject: Re: Eternal-september problems Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2024 21:08:14 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <87mslkw9ak.fsf@parhasard.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2024 21:08:16 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7e098d750f0a3c7b1fa268bef0276737"; logging-data="931406"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18xRYYZOg31F/NNR66zgvPQr/FOTxgE6Lg=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:m86Bzh3wmVRYy8xspnR5ULfF6Pk= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: nl Bytes: 2527 Op 10-8-2024 om 20:52 schreef HenHanna: > On 8/10/2024 10:57 AM, Aidan Kehoe wrote: >> >>   Ar an deichiú lá de mí Lúnasa, scríobh occam: >> >>   > On 10/08/2024 08:12, Peter Moylan wrote: >>   > > If the eternal-september is behaving strangely for you, you're >> not the >>   > > only one. I suspect that there's been a database corruption >> that leads >>   > > to our being served with duplicate articles. I guess we just >> have to >>   > > hope that it settles down soon. >>   > > >>   > >>   > It's a good free service, with occasional hiccups. This is the >> reason >>   > why I switched to an alternative (almost free) service >>   > (news.individual.net) a few years ago. I still have >> eternal-september as >>   > a backup. [This message is sent, courtesy of E-S.] >> >> I use news.individual.net and am very happy with it. In theory they >> require a >> German domicile and my German IBAN from N26 is sufficient proof for >> that for >> them. They accept payment using Paypal, I’m not sure what they do in >> that event >> to confirm a German domicile. >> > > > really?   i'm not seeing any problems (recently) with E-S  (and TB). My (and others') E-S newsgroups lost most of their content, only recent messages were kept. Someone will try to restore them but it takes time, three weeks for a start. See in e-s.support. -- guido wugi