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I hope this works
If it does, it looks like NIN won't be getting my business next year.
They basically blew my request for help off which is too bad because they had been so good for so many years. Hug a kitty! I'll try to catch up if I find out news.eternal-september.org works (and it looks as if it will!). Jill |
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I hope this works
On 12/29/2015 5:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
If it does, it looks like NIN won't be getting my business next year. They basically blew my request for help off which is too bad because they had been so good for so many years. Hug a kitty! I'll try to catch up if I find out news.eternal-september.org works (and it looks as if it will!). Jill This worked. Your message came through in good shape. What did you use for this one? MaryL |
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On 12/29/2015 8:41 PM, MaryL wrote:
On 12/29/2015 5:17 PM, jmcquown wrote: If it does, it looks like NIN won't be getting my business next year. They basically blew my request for help off which is too bad because they had been so good for so many years. Hug a kitty! I'll try to catch up if I find out news.eternal-september.org works (and it looks as if it will!). Jill This worked. Your message came through in good shape. What did you use for this one? MaryL http://www.eternal-september.org/ Very easy to register for and set up. It doesn't hurt that it's free. I found an article online with step by step instructions. I created a new newsgroup account on Thunderbird. It did take a minute to access the server so I could select, subscribe and download this and my other ngs. But it works! I am having to recreate all my message filters, though. Trolls and spammers. Per newsgroup. Good thing I kept notes on how to wipe some of the trolls out by message ID. I took a break from all this to have a big play session with Buffy with the wand toy. She leaped all over the place for a good 15 minutes, me dangling the little mousie and her leaping and pouncing. (smile) She's tuckered out. Frankly, so am I. Jill |
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 21:11:02 -0500, jmcquown
wrote: Very easy to register for and set up. It doesn't hurt that it's free. What's even BETTER is that they filter the large majority of spam and crap before users ever see it. |
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On 12/29/2015 9:57 PM, The New Other Guy wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 21:11:02 -0500, jmcquown wrote: Very easy to register for and set up. It doesn't hurt that it's free. What's even BETTER is that they filter the large majority of spam and crap before users ever see it. That's probably true. I did still have to set up my personal message filters (trolls, mostly) on the new eternal-september account (per newsgroup). That's no biggie. At least I am able to read and post again. Yay! Jill |
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I hope this works
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... If it does, it looks like NIN won't be getting my business next year. They basically blew my request for help off which is too bad because they had been so good for so many years. Hug a kitty! I'll try to catch up if I find out news.eternal-september.org works (and it looks as if it will!). Jill What do you mean? NIN are always perfect to me. what did they say? do bear in mind that engish isnt their first language |
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I hope this works
On 1/2/2016 3:45 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... If it does, it looks like NIN won't be getting my business next year. They basically blew my request for help off which is too bad because they had been so good for so many years. Hug a kitty! I'll try to catch up if I find out news.eternal-september.org works (and it looks as if it will!). Jill What do you mean? NIN are always perfect to me. what did they say? do bear in mind that engish isnt their first language I mentioned the language barrier in my original post. This isn't the first time I've ever had to contact them. They were always very helpful in the past. Keep in mind I have no idea why it suddenly stopped working. When attempting to hit the NIN server Thunderbird would just lock up. I've been using NIN with Thunderbird for at least four years on this machine. In my email to NIN Support I outlined step by step *everything* I'd tried. I used to do software tech support for a living so I know a little bit about this stuff. The settings were based on their own documentation for configuring NIN for Thunderbird. The reply I received told me to do all things I'd already done. Sorry, but that doesn't help me. When I emailed them again asking please verify which port number I should be using I didn't get a reply at all. That's when I gave up and started using eternal-september. Voila! I am able to access newsgroups again. Jill |
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I hope this works
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... On 1/2/2016 3:45 PM, Christina Websell wrote: "jmcquown" wrote in message ... If it does, it looks like NIN won't be getting my business next year. They basically blew my request for help off which is too bad because they had been so good for so many years. Hug a kitty! I'll try to catch up if I find out news.eternal-september.org works (and it looks as if it will!). Jill What do you mean? NIN are always perfect to me. what did they say? do bear in mind that engish isnt their first language I mentioned the language barrier in my original post. This isn't the first time I've ever had to contact them. They were always very helpful in the past. Keep in mind I have no idea why it suddenly stopped working. When attempting to hit the NIN server Thunderbird would just lock up. I've been using NIN with Thunderbird for at least four years on this machine. In my email to NIN Support I outlined step by step *everything* I'd tried. I used to do software tech support for a living so I know a little bit about this stuff. The settings were based on their own documentation for configuring NIN for Thunderbird. The reply I received told me to do all things I'd already done. Sorry, but that doesn't help me. When I emailed them again asking please verify which port number I should be using I didn't get a reply at all. That's when I gave up and started using eternal-september. Voila! I am able to access newsgroups again. Jill Wait till you want support. I have never had a problem with NIN. The problem wih eternal september is it is known for trolls and some people killfile the whole domain. |
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On 1/2/2016 8:39 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... On 1/2/2016 3:45 PM, Christina Websell wrote: "jmcquown" wrote in message ... If it does, it looks like NIN won't be getting my business next year. They basically blew my request for help off which is too bad because they had been so good for so many years. Hug a kitty! I'll try to catch up if I find out news.eternal-september.org works (and it looks as if it will!). Jill What do you mean? NIN are always perfect to me. what did they say? do bear in mind that engish isnt their first language I mentioned the language barrier in my original post. This isn't the first time I've ever had to contact them. They were always very helpful in the past. Keep in mind I have no idea why it suddenly stopped working. When attempting to hit the NIN server Thunderbird would just lock up. I've been using NIN with Thunderbird for at least four years on this machine. In my email to NIN Support I outlined step by step *everything* I'd tried. I used to do software tech support for a living so I know a little bit about this stuff. The settings were based on their own documentation for configuring NIN for Thunderbird. The reply I received told me to do all things I'd already done. Sorry, but that doesn't help me. When I emailed them again asking please verify which port number I should be using I didn't get a reply at all. That's when I gave up and started using eternal-september. Voila! I am able to access newsgroups again. Jill Wait till you want support. There's all kind of support online for eternal-september. I didn't get a damn bit of support when I emailed NIN. I have never had a problem with NIN. Good for you. I didn't used to have a problem with them either. Now they don't seem to care. They couldn't even bother to tell me what the port settings and should be. They ignored my email so I changed to a different newsgroup provider. Now I'm back being able to read and post. That's all I wanted. The problem wih eternal september is it is known for trolls and some people killfile the whole domain. That might be a problem on your end but it's not on mine. I don't know why you are having trouble understanding this. It's easy to set message filters in Thunderbird. All I know is NIN didn't offer me much in the way of support. Now I am able to read ngs again and I'm thankful for that. Jill |
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I hope this works
jmcquown wrote:
If it does, it looks like NIN won't be getting my business next year. They basically blew my request for help off which is too bad because they had been so good for so many years. Hug a kitty! I'll try to catch up if I find out news.eternal-september.org works (and it looks as if it will!). It works! I've been using it for years. -- Joyce (catching up on Usenet after being out of the office for a while) God's original plan was to hang out in a garden with some naked vegetarians. -- Seen on a wall poster |
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