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(...) ROTFL True - I hadn't thought of that. Guess an adviso is needed. SRC L#765 (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) the (...) min. (...) I am connecting through port 199 (yesterday I tried 1119, 8000, and 8080 as a test...same results). I am using Netscape Communicator 4.7's built-in newsreader my ip address is 152.10.28.104 Thanks for your help. -- Thomas (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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I've noticed that if you use IE and Netzero as an ISP getting messages is_very_ _VERY_ long. Is this the case? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Thomas Main" <main@appstate.edu> wrote in message news:GA74so.1M0@lugnet.com... (...) tried to (...) message, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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In lugnet.people, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> Wow, I've been (mostly) away for almost a year and I'm still the #31 in the list of noisemakers: *fear* :-) Richard (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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I've noticed that if you use IE and Netzero as an ISP getting messages is_very_ _VERY_ long. Is this the case? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Thomas Main" <main@appstate.edu> wrote in message news:GA74so.1M0@lugnet.com... (...) tried to (...) message, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Which port are you connecting with? The default (119)? What groups are in your subscription list? What software client are you using? Can you email me your IP address and I'll try doing a traceroute. --Todd (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) If it were automatic and silent (i.e., no error message), I worry that people would post and then say, "Hey, where did my post go? It didn't show up! I'll post it again. Hey, where did my post go?" --Todd (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Is CLAX86 a newsreader or a protocol extension? (...) What kind of info would you suggest be included? (...) Indeed! --Todd (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Hmmm...it seems that my initial connect is what is terribly slow, and then another long wait until the first message comes up. I just reconnected to the news server and it seems to take about 3 mins. to connect, then another 3 min. to display (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Thomas Main writes: <snip> (...) Just an update, moving between messsages is a lot faster now...moving between messages in groups is also moving at a decent, although lesser speed. -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) using (...) end? (...) I (...) Todd, Nope, no proxy. It took forever to finally timeout yesterday when I tried to connect. Today, I just connected (took unusually long) and read one message, then when going to the next message, it is just (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Seems logical to me. Perhaps instead of an error message for a rejected message, have it automatically "bumped" to a followup group of some kind - lugnet.lego.direct.followup or something. SRC StRuCtures L#765 (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) using netscape 6's newsreader, no problem at all... it wouldn't cancle my article though :/ Dan (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Thomas, Are you using a proxy or anything like that? Behind a firewall? Any recent network configuration changes on your machine or on your LAN or your ISP? How long is the hang before it times out and gives you the error? Anyone else seeing (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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I haven't been able to connect to LUGNET's nntp server today. I am using Netscape's news client and it just hangs before connecting. I have been using the news server without problems until today. Is something up at LUGNET's end? I tried setting up (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) isn't it? sorry all, meant to sent the note to myself, and didn't notice that netscape defaulted to post instead of mail... now where's that ability to delete your postings... :/ FUT elsewhere... hmmm.... admin.nntp :) Dan (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Hmmm good response, Todd but I was scanning the newsgroups and there is a lugnet group for the software, why not have one for the sets as well. I did a search of "Alphateam" and came up with 15 postings on its own, and I'm sure that there is a (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Basically, the lego.direct group is for communication directly with LD. But when a discussion thread springs from one of the messages there, it would be good to have a "default" place for FUT. Perhaps if you are planning on adding a filter to (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Hmm, I'm not following you. For what purpose? I mean, how is that better than what we have already with regular discussion groups outside of the lego.direct area? The idea is to keep the noise levels down so that LD doesn't have so much to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) I really like the idea of adding .ebay, .brickbay, and .lego-direct (but call it .shop-at-home or .lsahs) categories. However instead of .swap and .swap.updates I would suggest .barter, .forsale, and .wanted. --Bill. (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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