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  Important: Index rebuild under way and some other issues
 
Hi all, we are currently rebuilding the indexes of the LUGNET news server. This affects display and performance of the news web pages, but does not affect the NNTP access. We expect rebuild to complete by about 7 a.m. EDT, and reported search issues (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce) ! 
 
  Re: Important: Index rebuild under way and some other issues
 
In lugnet.announce, Gereon Stein wrote: [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I always used port 8080 but that is not working now. I reset my connection to use port 1119 but it isn't working either. Is anyone else having a problem with port (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Important: Index rebuild under way and some other issues
 
(...) Mike, you got me here: 8080 is certainly no port I heard of so far (it's a common "high" port for some webservers, but AFAIK only 8000 and 1119 are said to have been used for NNTP client access). Please tell me we have a misunderstanding here (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Important: Index rebuild under way and some other issues
 
Just to keep you all updated, the rebuild of the search index is still under way - apparently there is quite a lot to index after about 8 years of service ;-) It seems that the issues some of you reported will be gone after the rebuild completes. (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Important: Index rebuild under way and some other issues
 
Ok, my apologies - I've learned a bit about history and news server ports used by LUGNET :-) Okay, from now on, ports 119, 1119, 8000 and 8080 are operational for NNTP access again. I will be monitoring usage of the individual ports and if I find (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Important: Index rebuild under way and some other issues
 
Good morning, thanks to feedback from some users I noticed that image display in the LUGNET Guide did not work properly. I have reinstalled the image set und fixed a couple of links - now everything appears to be operational again. Regards, Jerry (18 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Important: Index rebuild under way and some other issues
 
"Gereon "Jerry" Stein" <gereon@zweistein.de> wrote in message news:J13wDy.AuC@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Well, I was definitely using port 8080, yet another undocumented port? (...) Nope. Using Outlook Express for NNTP access. (...) As (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jun-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Important: Index rebuild under way and some other issues
 
"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:J18LK0.GDB@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Caught the other post about the ports, I have switched back to 8080 and am now able to connect from work. Mike (18 years ago, 22-Jun-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Important: Index rebuild under way and some other issues
 
Mike Walsh schrieb: (...) Hi Mike, I have enabled both port 8000 and 8080 (due to other user requests) for NNTP. We are now monitoring port usage and will decide later on, which one of these two is going to stay. Currently it's about 50:50, so the (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jun-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Important: Index rebuild under way and some other issues
 
(...) Once the ports are finalised it would be worth updating this page. (URL) (18 years ago, 22-Jun-06, to lugnet.admin.general)

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