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
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