Go for the Forte APN server - cheap and fairly reliable even though its
Ratty's giant uploads and my own at time although my own FTP server has had
problems lately.
NEED some Red Stripe movies.... was promised some time ago but nothing
happened.
Steve
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 23:54:36 +0000, "nottru@ntlworld.com" wrote:
>Thanks, Ratty
>I think I probably got all of your stuff on the12th - much
>appreciated. I am waiting to see what Agent has to say. If they can't
>help, I'll give EasyNews a try. Way back, I used Teranews, but they
>had a download limit of ( I think) one Gb. With posts like your heroic
>efforts....
>
>On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:34:21 +0000, Ratty <AUser@nltworld.com> wrote:
>>"nottru@ntlworld.com" wrote:
>>
>>>I have had no new alt.binaries headers since October 12, not even
>>>spam. My own attemps to post have also failed. My isp is Virgin Media.
>>>Has anyone else been getting headers? If so, something is wrong with
>>>my setup, and any suggestions on how to get around it will be
>>>gratefullly received!
>>
>>As you are using VirginMedia's NNTP service, it may well be that that
>>is filtering out the binary posts.
>>
>>Your only option is to find another NNTP service. I connect to the
>>Internet with VirginMedia but use EasyNews for NNTP. The bad news is
>>that you'll probably have to pay a bit for the service, but they
>>aren't that bad these days. I would think you can find a good server
>>that's cheaper than EasyNews, not that they are bad.
>>Cheaper usually has less retention. The good news is that most have
>>enough for you to catch up.
>>
>>OTOH, the last proper binary non-spam original post was mine on the
>>12th... You missed some reposts and a lot of spam.
>>
>>Ratty
Steve
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