APN is EasyNews but run by Forte.inc (Agent) I find it very reliable and
has great retention for binaries and very cost effective as renewal is
automatic (if you choose that) on quota. Sometime I go 2 months and then
On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 00:02:55 +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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