alt.mothers

I've been reading my news groups off and on and hadn't seen anything
at a.m. for quite a while. I just tried to post there and got an
error message stating it's not a valid newsgroup. Anyone else have
any info?
I'm using Agent if that matters any, but I'm not having trouble with
any other groups I'm subbed to.

Thanks!

Nan

was able to get on just now.


Nan wrote:
I've been reading my news groups off and on and hadn't seen anything
at a.m. for quite a while. I just tried to post there and got an
error message stating it's not a valid newsgroup. Anyone else have
any info?
I'm using Agent if that matters any, but I'm not having trouble with
any other groups I'm subbed to.

Thanks!

Nan

"Nan" wrote in message
...
I've been reading my news groups off and on and hadn't seen anything
at a.m. for quite a while. I just tried to post there and got an
error message stating it's not a valid newsgroup. Anyone else have
any info?
I'm using Agent if that matters any, but I'm not having trouble with
any other groups I'm subbed to.

Thanks!

Nan

I haven't had any problems... I see Mo posted a reply to something today,
less than half an hour ago according to the time.
Last message I can see from you was on June 23, IIRC.

In article , Nan says...

I've been reading my news groups off and on and hadn't seen anything
at a.m. for quite a while. I just tried to post there and got an
error message stating it's not a valid newsgroup. Anyone else have
any info?
I'm using Agent if that matters any, but I'm not having trouble with
any other groups I'm subbed to.

Thanks!

Are you subbed to other alt.* groups? Do those work?

Banty

Nan wrote in
:

I've been reading my news groups off and on and hadn't seen
anything at a.m. for quite a while. I just tried to post
there and got an error message stating it's not a valid
newsgroup. Anyone else have any info?
I'm using Agent if that matters any, but I'm not having
trouble with any other groups I'm subbed to.

who is your access provider? Quest, Verizon & Comcast have
dropped either all groups or all alt & binary groups. you will
need to use an outside NNTP server (there's a few, some are
free but the pay ones have spam traps).
alt.mothers has had several posts in the past few days.
lee


--
Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.

"Nan" wrote in message
...
I've been reading my news groups off and on and hadn't seen anything
at a.m. for quite a while. I just tried to post there and got an
error message stating it's not a valid newsgroup. Anyone else have
any info?
I'm using Agent if that matters any, but I'm not having trouble with
any other groups I'm subbed to.

Thanks!

Nan

What's your ISP?
If it's Verizon, they recently dumped all of the alt.* groups.

enigma wrote:

who is your access provider? Quest, Verizon & Comcast have
dropped either all groups or all alt & binary groups.

Beg to differ on the Comcast front...I'm getting all
the newsgroups. Comcast provides news service through
Giganews, at least around here.

Best wishes,
Ericka

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:40:15 +0000 (UTC), enigma
wrote:

Nan wrote in
:

I've been reading my news groups off and on and hadn't seen
anything at a.m. for quite a while. I just tried to post
there and got an error message stating it's not a valid
newsgroup. Anyone else have any info?
I'm using Agent if that matters any, but I'm not having
trouble with any other groups I'm subbed to.

who is your access provider? Quest, Verizon & Comcast have
dropped either all groups or all alt & binary groups. you will
need to use an outside NNTP server (there's a few, some are
free but the pay ones have spam traps).
alt.mothers has had several posts in the past few days.
lee

Ahh, that's it, then. I've got Verizon. I may convince dh to switch
ISPs (I've never really cared for Verizon) but if not, are there any
servers you'd recommend? I don't mind paying a small fee.

Nan

Ericka Kammerer wrote in
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enigma wrote:

who is your access provider? Quest, Verizon & Comcast have
dropped either all groups or all alt & binary groups.

Beg to differ on the Comcast front...I'm getting all
the newsgroups. Comcast provides news service through
Giganews, at least around here.

could just be Comcast in NY. i don't think the NY atty.general
should be allowed to politic with other states ISPs
lee


--
Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.

Nan wrote in
:

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:40:15 +0000 (UTC), enigma
wrote:

Nan wrote in
m:

I've been reading my news groups off and on and hadn't
seen anything at a.m. for quite a while. I just tried to
post there and got an error message stating it's not a
valid newsgroup. Anyone else have any info?
I'm using Agent if that matters any, but I'm not having
trouble with any other groups I'm subbed to.

who is your access provider? Quest, Verizon & Comcast have
dropped either all groups or all alt & binary groups. you
will need to use an outside NNTP server (there's a few,
some are free but the pay ones have spam traps).
alt.mothers has had several posts in the past few days.
lee

Ahh, that's it, then. I've got Verizon. I may convince dh
to switch ISPs (I've never really cared for Verizon) but if
not, are there any servers you'd recommend? I don't mind
paying a small fee.

i still use the NNTP serve at my dial-up IP (i have special
dispensation from the boss for remote log-in).
the German server is about $15/year US, i think & they spam
trap. aioe.it is free. there's a few others. you can keep
Verizon & just get a new NNTP server

lee
--
Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.