Re: "Well Hell Guys.."

[RTS <gafa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/22/2022 12:14 PM, RTS wrote:
> On 9/21/2022 1:09 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>> On 9/21/2022 10:08 AM, RTS wrote:
>>> Yea,
>>> it's even harder when the news group supplier, replaces a "blade"
>>> HD and blocks all "write" service for 10 minutes..
>>> (without telling anyone of the impact)
>>> (and only allowing original post on this group not follow-up)
>>> and my luck for trying to post at that same time..  ð???
>>>
>>> I have to use 2 different N.G. programs anyway,  one for regular mail
>>> the other for yNec images..
>>>
>>> Hine-sight, says it was a good thing, because what I wrote
>>> wasn't worth posting anyway...
>>> .
>>> with all the government spying these days, it's not a really good idea
>>> to talk weapons on an open forum anyway...
>>>
>>> RTSÂ Â Â Â  (70+)
>>
>>
>> Thunderbird is decent for both a mail client and a news client.  I
>> think Able uses it too.
>>
>> I try to keep both AIOE and Eternal September accounts active on my
>> news client.  They both work 95-99% of the time.  When one is down the
>> other is almost always up.  I get 99.999% news up time between the two.
>>
>> Some of the newsgroups I used to read are all but dead.  The last
>> non-spam post on ROFB was by me, and its old enough the message body
>> no longer loads.  LOL.  RCM still has a dozen semi active members and
>> a decent size number of lurkers & occasional posters.  RMH is about
>> the same.  Most of the people on SEJW are also on RCM and they only
>> seem to reply on RCM, so...
>>
>> Most of the groups went to forums, and now to Facebook groups.
>> Facebook has made it so easy to create a group that they are prolific
>> like rabbits with no predators and hugely diluting the user base.
>> Often they are little cliques that just talk among themselves if at all.
>>
>>
> We use the Thunderbird also,  but with the last upgrade, things have
> been a little screwy..
> .
> the other reader is a linux knock-off that's been modified to "mostly"
> work on microsoft.. ð???
> It does a good job of down-loads but has a run-away uploader.
> Does all the ole stuff from "Agent" without all the hassle..
> .
> So let's see if this will post as a followup..


Well we've worked out what happened..
The last update of Thunderbird, changed my setting at giganews to a
generic default...
Once I changed them back to the original giganews setting, it's now
working...
RTS
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