OT - Having problems with eternal-september

[ME-Judy]

After switching from mozarella, it worked for several days. Now I can't get
any downloads. Anyone else having the same problem?
My alternate is via google, but I'd rather use Outlook Express.
ME-Judy

[Donna in NE La.]

So far, Judy, mine is working fine. We will be out of town for the weekend
(picking up 5 year old DGD for a 2 week visit) so guess I will find out if
it continues to work when we get back.

--
Donna in NE La.
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[Gen]

So far, so good on mine. Actually, I think I'm seeing more postings than I
was before.
Gen

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[Nancy]

I too am not having any problem, although several days after switching to
eternal-September, I was unable to get through. I restarted the computer,
thinking that would help, which it did not. I gave up for the day, and used
Google. The next day, for whatever reason, it worked just fine, and has
been ever since.
Nancy
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[ME-Judy]

First - I went to the eternal-september website - and found that they had to
shut down for a while - some technical problem. Then, I found (after they
were "back up" again) that I still couldn't get messages... so,
Second - I sent an email describing what I'd done to connect and got the
following msg. -- Voila!!! Success!
So --- in case any one else is having problems: here is the quick reply they
sent me: (See bottom paragraph!)

> I used to receive my quilting newsgroup via Motzarella - and it has
> recently closed down. (rec.crafts.textiles.quilting) The transfer to
> mail.eternal-september.org was "supposed" to be seamless, but I
> cannot download messages since the switchover.

Well, it explicitly said in the notification mail that you should
create a new server setup in your client rather than changing
the server name in your Motzarella account. Did you do that?
(ME-Judy:"Yes")

> I am using: server: news.eternal-september.org connection - LAN
> server port number NNTP 119
>
> What am I doing wrong? I miss the newsgroup!

Are you able to connect to the server?
If you use Outlook Express or Windows Mail,
please right-click on the group name, select "Properties",
go to the "Local File" tab and click on the "Reset" button.

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