Re: Question about news.php.net

On 09/13/2010 06:51 PM, MikeB wrote: > Daniel Brown wrote: >> >> I don't believe that we've been having any issues with the server, >> no. Are you using NNTP to connect? > > yes, NNTP. > >> You may want to consider using >> the HTTP-based RSS and/or RDF feeds if it continues to be an issue. > > If this persists, I'll look into the alternatives you suggest, but > that's another hill to climb when all I'm trying to do is learn PHP and > web and mySQL and javascrip and... :) (not complaining, just that > right now I've got a lot on my plate and the scope of new things just > seem to keep expanding faster than I can get a handle on it). > >> In addition, if you continue to have problems, file a bug report at >> http://bugs.php.net/ and we'll look into it further. >> > Thanks, I did that. In the process I found a 2005 bug report that said > nntp was deliberately throttled to discourage its use... :) > > As part of the bug report I included a link to an image of my nntp config. > > I have had this problem every day for years. I can read a message and then click another one and it times out. It does this for hours at a time. Also, many times when sending a reply it times out. Just learned to live with it because I don't want mailing list mails either. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com