Re: Debian-User To UseNet Reliability?

2008-05-11 Thread Doug Mitton
On Sat, 10 May 2008 17:50:05 +0200, you wrote: Doug Mitton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: address on UseNet ... and you have to have a real one to get into this mailing list. You don't have to be subscribed to post. I'm not. I didn't mean to suggest subscription was necessary ... BUT (it

Re: Debian-User To UseNet Reliability?

2008-05-11 Thread Bob Cox
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 07:50:43 -0400, Doug Mitton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: And, no, so far I am not subscribed either. This thread is a good test and it appears as long as I remember to use a valid (though disposable) From address it works. But something is not quite right, as my

Re: Debian-User To UseNet Reliability?

2008-05-10 Thread Doug Mitton
On Sat, 10 May 2008 03:50:08 +0200, you wrote: Doug Mitton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have been following Debian User for a long time now, via the UseNet group. Lately I have replied to an issue or 2 (via the mailing list) but not all responses seem to make it to the UseNet. Tried playing

Re: Debian-User To UseNet Reliability?

2008-05-10 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/10/08 09:07, Doug Mitton wrote: [snip] I've been using Agent for a very long time and I'm just plain used to navigating with it ... it works well for me. I try the newest versions of the native clients but I keep going back to Agent ...

Re: Debian-User To UseNet Reliability?

2008-05-10 Thread s. keeling
Doug Mitton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: address on UseNet ... and you have to have a real one to get into this mailing list. You don't have to be subscribed to post. I'm not. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

Debian-User To UseNet Reliability?

2008-05-09 Thread Doug Mitton
Hi all; I have been following Debian User for a long time now, via the UseNet group. Lately I have replied to an issue or 2 (via the mailing list) but not all responses seem to make it to the UseNet. Are there any others who access it this way and have you noticed missing posts ... or is

Re: Debian-User To UseNet Reliability?

2008-05-09 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Doug Mitton wrote: Hi all; I have been following Debian User for a long time now, via the UseNet group. Lately I have replied to an issue or 2 (via the mailing list) but not all responses seem to make it to the UseNet. Are there any others who access it this way and have you noticed

Re: Debian-User To UseNet Reliability?

2008-05-09 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/09/08 09:40, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Doug Mitton wrote: [snip] (This is such a high volume mailing list that the UseNet access is a nice alternative to a full mailbox all the time.) Hard drives are Really Cheap and Really High

Re: Debian-User To UseNet Reliability?

2008-05-09 Thread Alan Ianson
On Fri May 9 2008 06:51:16 am Doug Mitton wrote: Hi all; I have been following Debian User for a long time now, via the UseNet group. Lately I have replied to an issue or 2 (via the mailing list) but not all responses seem to make it to the UseNet. I haven't used usenet newsgroups in a long

Re: Debian-User To UseNet Reliability?

2008-05-09 Thread s. keeling
Doug Mitton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have been following Debian User for a long time now, via the UseNet group. Lately I have replied to an issue or 2 (via the mailing list) but not all responses seem to make it to the UseNet. Tried playing with the test groups? I use a free connection from