[TFN-help] Newsgroups via Velocet

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On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:


> On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Kenneth Alan Boyd Ramsay wrote:
> 
> >
> > I was subscribed to several busy newsgroups, back brfore we temporarily
> > lost our e-mail connection to the Internet.  As of Aug. 4, some of these
> > newsgroups were completely empty (0 messages), and others had a single
> > message saying "Group Download in Progress", dated Jun 5.
> >
> > Expecting that it would take a while to catch up, I waited.  As of today,
> > the only change is the dates are now Jun 16.
> >
> > Just wondering what the problem is, and if it can be fixed easily.
> 
>     I have just installed a script to update users' newgroup files; you
>     should see this message once:
> 
> 
> 	   The recent problems with our newsgroup feed have been resolved.
> 
> 	   However, it has required resetting your newsgroup file. This
> 	   means that old messages will show up.
> 
> 	   Also, it may take a few minutes before any messages show up the
> 	   first time you read a newsgroup.
> 
> -- 


Great... thanks for taking care of this. Do you have any idea if ppp
offline newsreaders would be affected?

Ken




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