Re: [OT] Alternative to Thunderbird (was: Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?)

2017-08-02 Thread Schrom, Brian T via Digitalmars-d
On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 04:58:43PM -0700, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 03:50:02PM -0700, Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d wrote: > [...] > > Perhaps I should get used to reading news and email with Emacs > > already. :/ > [...] > > I've been using Mutt for years, and

Re: [OT] Alternative to Thunderbird (was: Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?)

2017-08-02 Thread Kagamin via Digitalmars-d
Sylpheed?

Re: [OT] Alternative to Thunderbird (was: Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?)

2017-08-01 Thread H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d
On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 03:50:02PM -0700, Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d wrote: [...] > Perhaps I should get used to reading news and email with Emacs > already. :/ [...] I've been using Mutt for years, and quite happy with it. There's a version/patch floating around somewhere that has built-in

[OT] Alternative to Thunderbird (was: Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?)

2017-08-01 Thread Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d
On 08/01/2017 09:58 AM, Mike Wey wrote: The errors seem to be getting more frequent lately. But i nog also get these errors on the GtkD newsgroup (vibenews) so it might be a Thunderbird issue. Is anybody getting the errors with a different client? Is there a better (lightweight, more

Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?

2017-08-01 Thread Mike Wey via Digitalmars-d
On 21-04-17 19:03, Mike Wey wrote: On 04/21/2017 10:27 AM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote: On Thursday, 20 April 2017 at 23:37:25 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: *Looks* like a server/network issue but behaves like a screwy local issue. Started happening more in recent weeks. I don't select automatic

Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?

2017-04-21 Thread Mike Wey via Digitalmars-d
On 04/21/2017 10:27 AM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote: On Thursday, 20 April 2017 at 23:37:25 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: *Looks* like a server/network issue but behaves like a screwy local issue. Started happening more in recent weeks. I don't select automatic checking for messages. I just click on

Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?

2017-04-21 Thread captaindet via Digitalmars-d
tried the 'check for new messages every 2 minutes' hotfix suggestion (was set to 10), but it does not help in my case. correction: this seems to help quite a bit, got only one connection refused since.

Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?

2017-04-21 Thread Vladimir Panteleev via Digitalmars-d
On Thursday, 20 April 2017 at 23:37:25 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: *Looks* like a server/network issue but behaves like a screwy local issue. Started happening more in recent weeks. I don't select automatic checking for messages. I just click on a newsgroup and it fails at differing rates.

Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?

2017-04-20 Thread Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d
On 04/20/2017 12:45 PM, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote: Using Thunderbird to access this NG, but as of about a couple months ago (IIRC), this problem started happening. Anybody else having this problem?: When I try to select a new unread message to read, I've got roughly a 10% or so chance

Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?

2017-04-20 Thread captaindet via Digitalmars-d
When I try to select a new unread message to read, I've got roughly a 10% or so chance that it'll fail with a "The connection was refused when attempting to contact news.digitalmars.com:119." same here, started several weeks ago, very annoying. i have used the same local config/settings for

Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?

2017-04-20 Thread Nick B via Digitalmars-d
On Thursday, 20 April 2017 at 21:16:38 UTC, David Gileadi wrote: On 4/20/17 2:05 PM, lawrence wrote: On 04/20/2017 02:09 PM, Timon Gehr wrote: On 20.04.2017 21:45, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote: [snip] It's not just you. I have the same issues. I used to have this same problem, until I

Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?

2017-04-20 Thread David Gileadi via Digitalmars-d
On 4/20/17 2:05 PM, lawrence wrote: On 04/20/2017 02:09 PM, Timon Gehr wrote: On 20.04.2017 21:45, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote: [snip] It's not just you. I have the same issues. I used to have this same problem, until I sent the server settings to check for updates every 2 minutes. I

Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?

2017-04-20 Thread drug via Digitalmars-d
20.04.2017 22:45, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) пишет: Using Thunderbird to access this NG, but as of about a couple months ago (IIRC), this problem started happening. Anybody else having this problem?: Affirmative

Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?

2017-04-20 Thread lawrence via Digitalmars-d
On 04/20/2017 02:09 PM, Timon Gehr wrote: On 20.04.2017 21:45, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote: Using Thunderbird to access this NG, but as of about a couple months ago (IIRC), this problem started happening. Anybody else having this problem?: When I try to select a new unread message to

Re: NG technical issues: Is it just me?

2017-04-20 Thread Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d
On 20.04.2017 21:45, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote: Using Thunderbird to access this NG, but as of about a couple months ago (IIRC), this problem started happening. Anybody else having this problem?: When I try to select a new unread message to read, I've got roughly a 10% or so chance that

NG technical issues: Is it just me?

2017-04-20 Thread Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) via Digitalmars-d
Using Thunderbird to access this NG, but as of about a couple months ago (IIRC), this problem started happening. Anybody else having this problem?: When I try to select a new unread message to read, I've got roughly a 10% or so chance that it'll fail with a "The connection was refused when