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 time but when I did I found they
could be spotty.

> Are there any others who access it this way and have you noticed missing
> posts ... or is this possibly a problem with my usenet server?

Check the list archives and see if your posts are there to be sure..

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/

> (This is such a high volume mailing list that the UseNet access is a nice
> alternative to a full mailbox all the time.)

I subscribe to the list and use kmail and set it up to put each mailing list
in it's own folder.


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Doug Mitton <doug_mitton@hotmail.com>:
>
> 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
nntp.aioe.org, and I've seen nothing untoward.

> Are there any others who access it this way and have you noticed
> missing posts ... or is this possibly a problem with my usenet
> server?

bofh.it gets borked from time to time, but those are soon sorted out.
Other than that, it just works. I prefer slrn with its
filtering/Scoring for usenet available lists.

You might want to also subscribe to whitelist@lists.debian.org - that
might help. You are posting from hotmail, after all. :-P


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On Sat, 10 May 2008 03:50:08 +0200, you wrote:


Doug Mitton <doug_mitton@hotmail.com>:


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
nntp.aioe.org, and I've seen nothing untoward.


Yes, I test my connection via the test groups a few times a week.
You'll se "Mitton" all over alt.test in particular.


Are there any others who access it this way and have you noticed
missing posts ... or is this possibly a problem with my usenet
server?


bofh.it gets borked from time to time, but those are soon sorted out.
Other than that, it just works. I prefer slrn with its
filtering/Scoring for usenet available lists.


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 ... for now at least.


You might want to also subscribe to whitelist@lists.debian.org - that
might help. You are posting from hotmail, after all. :-P


Well, I'm not really posting from HotMail, I just use that identity when I
post from Pine (or Agent via email) I don't like to use a "good" email
address on UseNet ... and you have to have a real one to get into this
mailing list. When I post directly to UseNet I use this hotmail address
and "obfuscate" it.


I'll have to look into what "whitelist" actually is.

Thanks!

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On 05/10/08 09:07, Doug Mitton wrote:
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> 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 ... for now at least.

Then you might like Pan. Especially v0.14.2.91 that's in Stable.

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Doug Mitton <doug_mitton@hotmail.com>:
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> 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.


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On Sat, 10 May 2008 17:50:05 +0200, you wrote:


Doug Mitton <doug_mitton@hotmail.com>:


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
appears) your "From" email address has to be valid. My default UseNet
config is a "From: doug_mitton@hotmail.x.com". I tried posting a couple
of times using that and the post never showed up. When I modified my
"From" and took out the ".x" I was able to post just fine.


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.


Thanks!

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On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 07:50:43 -0400, Doug Mitton (doug_mitton@hotmail.com) 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 mail client (mutt) is marking
all of your follow-ups to this thread with an asterisk character
because your follow-up messages do not include the appropriate
'In-Reply-To' and/or 'References' headers.

The threading is working but based solely on the subject line.

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