testing

[Jeanie]

I just emailed Engram to find out what happened to her and she's
wondering what happened to all of us! Apparently, her news server has
had no new posts in either of the sims groups in well over a week. She
just told me that she just posted a test post in here. I don't see it.
Did anybody get it?

Jeanie

[katy]

Nope...something's obviouslt rotten in OZ....

[maxon]

"Jeanie" <taure...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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No - and tell her things are pretty lively in here just now too. I guess
there's something wrong with her ISP/feed.

Best wishes
maxon

[Jeanie]

Indeed, there is. I will copy and paste what she said in her last
couple of emails to me today.

> I'm still around but just not seeing anything or being seen :(
>
> Did Puppy Katt get her Homecrafter sorted out? Please tell her to download the upgrade from http://thesims2.ea.com/getcoolstuff/homecrafter.php and that should fix her Homecrafter. I have no idea what do do about her Bodyshop, though. Oh, yeah, and she'll have to reboot her PC after doing the HC update. For some reason I had to do it when I updated mine.
>
> I'll unsubscribe then re-subscribe to newsgroups and see if that fixes it. I'll also check my ISP's faults page. It may be a know issue.
>
> K

> It's an issue with my ISP. From their service issues page:
>
> Message posted at: 2008-08-17 12:54
> What: Optus Newsgroup Issue
> When:
> Duration:
> Impact: There is currently an issue affecting the Optusnet Newsgroups which is not displaying any new posts since 15/08. Optus Engineers are aware of this issue and are currently working to resolve it. No ETR available.
> Additional Info:
>
> Please tell everyone I miss them, tell Puppy Katt how to fix her Homecrafter (my previous message) and I'll be back as soon as Optus pull out their finger and sort themselves out.
>
> K
>

[Madame Mim]

Not me, your honour. I see no other testing posts than this one.

MM

"Jeanie" <taure...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[Madame Mim]

'Taint Aus. Me and Data are still here. Must be Sydney or her provider.

MM

"katy" <katy...@netscape.com> wrote in message
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[Madame Mim]

Ooh, Data, are you listening? Do you have any pull with the server side of
things?

I'd make some comment about how Engram should be with Telstra because I'm
still here, but we all know that there's been just as many Telstra fubar's
in the past.

MM

"Jeanie" <taure...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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[maxon]

"Jeanie" <taure...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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She's just reappeared over in binaries. No doubt she'll be over here soon
enough.

Best wishes
maxon

[Engram]

Yes, I am indeed back in the land of Usenet. We ended up buying 25GB worth
of data from Astraweb which should last quite a while. If anyone else is
interested, it actually carries all 6 of the Sims newsgroups (4 text, 2
binaries). $US10 for 25GB, $US25 for 110GB. And it just keeps rolling over
until you run out of space so no monthly fees, no time limit. Plus it's
instant posting. The servers are in the US and I'm in Australia - takes
around 15 to 30 seconds for a binaries post to appear because it has to
propagate to the US first.

Cheers!
Engram
http://rothpoint.googlepages.com/home
The Darcy Legacy! http://engram-au.livejournal.com/tag/legacy:+darcy

[lonestarlvn]

I've been wondering what's going on also. I posted several times and they
didn't come through and I don't know what happened to them. This started
about a week ago.

LS

[PuppyKatt]

No. This is the first test post I have seen today.

"Jeanie" <taure...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[PuppyKatt]

"Engram" <engr...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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Hi maxon. I THINK I got HC fixed; I uninstalled, then rebooted, then
re-installed, then rebooted, and after attempting to open many times, it
finally did. By the time it opened, I forgot how to use it, so I downloaded
some nice, ( I hope ) dark, real-looking grass from mts2. Glad to see you
up online again. Thanks.
>
>

[PuppyKatt]

"PuppyKatt" <Pupp...@someone.here.not> wrote in message
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P.S. I clicked on the link you provided, and it took me to where I got it
from originally, anyway.

[maxon]

"PuppyKatt" <Pupp...@someone.here.not> wrote in message

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> P.S. I clicked on the link you provided, and it took me to where I got it
> from originally, anyway.

Actually, I think that was kat.
m

[maxon]

"PuppyKatt" <Pupp...@someone.here.not> wrote in message

news:vmLqk.33245$1N1....@newsfe07.iad...

> Hi maxon. I THINK I got HC fixed; I uninstalled, then rebooted, then
> re-installed, then rebooted, and after attempting to open many times, it
> finally did. By the time it opened, I forgot how to use it, so I
> downloaded some nice, ( I hope ) dark, real-looking grass from mts2. Glad
> to see you up online again. Thanks.

Laugh - sounds like a bit of a pantomime.

Best wishes
maxon

[Data]

I wish! I only have any contact in Directory Assistance & Surepage. And at
that, just basic interaction (I search for a name in DA - no name, no
number) and obviously Surepage all I can do is send the SMS. Sooo many
Surepage callers demand that I hand the phone to whoever they called. "Uh
no, they're NOT in the room no matter how loud you scream at me. And if I
had you calling me like that I'd divert to messages too!"

"Madame Mim" <mad...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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