Re: [theDBCommunity] Abridged summary of thedbcommunity@googlegroups.com - 7 updates in 1 topic

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Peter Vaessen

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Jan 7, 2025, 8:14:55 AMJan 7
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Is the pnews server really dead now?
Would be a shame.


Op di 24 dec 2024, 14:23 schreef <thedbco...@googlegroups.com>:
PeterR <pete...@protonmail.com>: Dec 23 04:15PM -0800

How to download the content on the old pnews.thedbcommunity.com?
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TheDBCommunity <thedbco...@googlegroups.com>: Dec 23 05:02PM -0800

Get a newsreader like Thunderbird which downloads messages to your local
computer. Subscribe to and download all the newsgroups. Larry may have a
way to export the newsgroups as HTML or ...more
peter rous <wknights...@gmail.com>: Dec 23 05:31PM -0800

I have Tbird. Whenever I try to download an error comes up that connection
was refused. For several weeks I could not view the messages (connection
refused) then today I could connect and view the ...more
Steven Green <oasistra...@gmail.com>: Dec 23 08:47PM -0500

if you are reading the messages, you have downloaded them to your
computer.. AFAIK, that's the only way Thunderbird works
Steve at Oasis Trading Post
 
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TheDBCommunity <thedbco...@googlegroups.com>: Dec 23 06:32PM -0800

So, I have Thunderbird 102.15.1 (64 bit) - it's an older version because I
avoid upgrading as new versions of software are usually worse, in my
experience.
 
I have set up the server as follows: ...more
Kevin Zawicki <numbe...@wi.rr.com>: Dec 23 09:15PM -0800

Note:
the website
http://www.thedbcommunity.com/ is down.
I access on the web...
 
On Monday, December 23, 2024 at 8:32:43 PM UTC-6 TheDBCommunity wrote:
 
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TheDBCommunity <thedbco...@googlegroups.com>: Dec 23 10:03PM -0800

I emailed Larry. Not sure if / when he'll see it, but I emailed.
Liz
 
On Monday, December 23, 2024 at 10:15:35 PM UTC-7 Kevin Zawicki wrote:
 
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Steven Green

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Jan 7, 2025, 8:23:25 AMJan 7
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yes.. several of us have backups of the whole thing, in various formats, so not really totally gone

Steve at Oasis Trading Post

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TheDBCommunity

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Jan 7, 2025, 10:22:59 AMJan 7
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Well, I don't know that it's intentional - I think Larry would announce it on the newsgroups.  Also, the nntp:// groups are still responding - it's only the website http:// that's not responding.

I did email Larry, but haven't heard from him.  Perhaps I'll post to the groups, in case he sees that instead...

Liz

TheDBCommunity

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Jan 7, 2025, 10:25:14 AMJan 7
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Well, scratch that.  Looks like nntp is down, too.
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