Hi OHM, CJ, Cor,
I'm in OE. I click get new headers. The time is 7pm. The oldest
header is 11am. Three hours later I try again. I get as far as
11:30am.
I'm in OE again. It downloads a pile of headers. I click on one
and it gets struck through. The message "Deleted from server" appears.
That message is lost to me for all time.
I go into Forte News Agent. I don't like it - the UI sucks. But it
is independant of OE - an alternate view. It gets more messages than
OE did and I can read some that OE didn't get. But then some messages
in Agent get struck through. Ones that I had earlier read successfully
in OE.
So many messages are being struck through. My news list is full of
RE: because the originals are missing. It's ridiculous.
I go into OE. I don't want to lose the news-store that I've built
up so I create a new identity and set up my newsgroups again. Clean
slate. I load lang.vb. I get the last three days worth but there's a
five hour gap somewhere in the middle of the 26th. I browse messages
but I don't dare answer. Later I reset the newsgroup (it's just for
finding out what's going on). I reload lang.vb. A different gap. Some
of the messages I missed are now there. Some of the ones I had are
gone.
I go to Google. I see this thread. I'll add my moan, I think. Into
OE. Click on OHM's message. I've just seen it in Google - it <must> be
present. It gets struck through - Deleted from the Server.
I come back to Google and register myself so that I can post and
here I am. - I'm not happy. I am sooo not happy.
Just like you guys, though maybe you're bearing up better than me
with this.
I can't work the newsgroups until this gets sorted. I'm jumping
through hoops to ensure that my messages get through - checking in
Agent and Google. But that's no guarantee. For anyone who I'm helping
- they get the timing wrong and my message gets struck out. I can't
tell if they've been helped or not.
See you later guys. :-(
Regards,
Fergus
On the bright side, though, it's Party time again tonight, so I
wouldn't be here anyway. Oh a-drumming and a-dancing, - I will go!!
:-D