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From: MikeB on 13 Sep 2010 23:05 Daniel Brown wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 19:51, MikeB<mpbrede(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> As part of the bug report I included a link to an image of my nntp config. > > I saw that, thanks. I'll look into creating a mirror of the news > server, as well, for NNTP-only access. I won't lie and say that it's > a priority, but I'll try to get to it as soon as I have time, Mike. > That is much appreciated. I can understand the situation, mostly I just wanted to know that it wasn't something I'm doing wrong. ANything you can do to improve it is, of course, appreciated.
From: Nathan Rixham on 14 Sep 2010 20:58 Daniel Brown wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 18:09, MikeB <mpbrede(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> However, getting access seems to be hit-and-miss, since I more often than >> not get a message that the connection to news.php.net timed out. >> >> Is this an indication that the server is just very busy? I don't get this on >> any other news server I'm using on the smae news reader and I have gotten >> this on two different news readers that I have tried. > > I don't believe that we've been having any issues with the server, > no. Are you using NNTP to connect? You may want to consider using > the HTTP-based RSS and/or RDF feeds if it continues to be an issue. > In addition, if you continue to have problems, file a bug report at > http://bugs.php.net/ and we'll look into it further. Dan, Mike, I can confirm this happens "all the time" in thunderbird, and always has for many years now, on all PHP NNTP lists. However, the problem can be worked around simply, for some reason the timeout generally only happens with the first call to view a mailing list, after X minutes of inactivity. Thus, I simply subscribe to a few different PHP lists (like .soap .test and general) then when I open thunderbird I quickly click a list I *don't* want to see, then click on ..general, .general then loads nicely as expected letting the other one timeout :) It's hardly a fix, but it works - may be worth checking if this is the case with the latest thunderbird revision and then reporting it as a "bug" (in either thunderbird or the mailing list software that PHP is running). Best, Nathan
From: Daniel Brown on 14 Sep 2010 21:20 Good to know there's a workaround. I am thinking of using one (or more) of the old VOOM boxes to mirror the news server for NNTP-only access. Sent from my DROID. Apologies if formatting is off or I'm top-posting on a list. On Sep 14, 2010 8:59 PM, "Nathan Rixham" <nrixham(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Daniel Brown wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 18:09, MikeB <mpbrede(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> However, getting access seems to be hit-and-miss, since I more often than >>> not get a message that the connection to news.php.net timed out. >>> >>> Is this an indication that the server is just very busy? I don't get this on >>> any other news server I'm using on the smae news reader and I have gotten >>> this on two different news readers that I have tried. >> >> I don't believe that we've been having any issues with the server, >> no. Are you using NNTP to connect? You may want to consider using >> the HTTP-based RSS and/or RDF feeds if it continues to be an issue. >> In addition, if you continue to have problems, file a bug report at >> http://bugs.php.net/ and we'll look into it further. > > Dan, Mike, > > I can confirm this happens "all the time" in thunderbird, and always has > for many years now, on all PHP NNTP lists. > > However, the problem can be worked around simply, for some reason the > timeout generally only happens with the first call to view a mailing > list, after X minutes of inactivity. Thus, I simply subscribe to a few > different PHP lists (like .soap .test and general) then when I open > thunderbird I quickly click a list I *don't* want to see, then click on > .general, .general then loads nicely as expected letting the other one > timeout :) > > It's hardly a fix, but it works - may be worth checking if this is the > case with the latest thunderbird revision and then reporting it as a > "bug" (in either thunderbird or the mailing list software that PHP is > running). > > Best, > > Nathan
From: MikeB on 15 Sep 2010 02:56 Gary wrote: > MikeB wrote: >> I understand that the news server is based on a mailing list, but I >> can't handle another high-volume source dumping stuff into my email >> (even if I filter it into a separate folder) so I am trying to subscribe >> through the news group. >> >> However, getting access seems to be hit-and-miss, since I more often >> than not get a message that the connection to news.php.net timed out. > > Tried nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.php.general ? > Bingo! Thanks!
From: MikeB on 15 Sep 2010 13:53
Daniel Brown wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 19:51, MikeB<mpbrede(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> As part of the bug report I included a link to an image of my nntp config. > > I saw that, thanks. I'll look into creating a mirror of the news > server, as well, for NNTP-only access. I won't lie and say that it's > a priority, but I'll try to get to it as soon as I have time, Mike. > You must have already done something. It's working a lot better today. Thanks. |