So, this morning around noon, I pulled headers and even made a post.

After that, I tried to make a second post and got a 400 Goodbye! message.

The website doesn't bring up much of anything.

Did they just shut down today at 17:00 UTC?

--
Zag

West of House
There is a small mailbox here.

read leaflet

"WELCOME TO USENET!

USENET is a game of adventure, danger,
and low cunning. In it you will
explore some of the most amazing
territory ever seen by mortals. No
computer should be without it!"

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On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:10:37 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Zaghadka wrote:

So, this morning around noon, I pulled headers and even made a post.

After that, I tried to make a second post and got a 400 Goodbye! message.

The website doesn't bring up much of anything.

Did they just shut down today at 17:00 UTC?

Huh. Yes it did. For about 5 minutes.

--
Zag

What's the point of growing up
if you can't be childish sometimes? ...Terrance Dicks, BBC

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Did they just shut down today at 17:00 UTC?

Huh. Yes it did. For about 5 minutes.

Phew! Glad you're back!

rms

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On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:20:54 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, rms
wrote:

Did they just shut down today at 17:00 UTC?

Huh. Yes it did. For about 5 minutes.

Phew! Glad you're back!

Me too. That five minutes was an *eternity*.

I actually pulled headers from a different server.

--
Zag

What's the point of growing up
if you can't be childish sometimes? ...Terrance Dicks, BBC

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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:37:04 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:20:54 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, rms >wrote:

Did they just shut down today at 17:00 UTC?

Huh. Yes it did. For about 5 minutes.

Phew! Glad you're back!

Me too. That five minutes was an *eternity*.

I actually pulled headers from a different server.

It's always good to have a backup. ;-)

And when that doesn't work, Newsgrouper or Narkive so at least you can
get your Usenet fix until the servers are back up.

NNTP... it's a helluva drug.

Are those free?
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On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 12:07:59 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 23:49:17 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:37:04 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:20:54 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, rms >>> >wrote:

Did they just shut down today at 17:00 UTC?

Huh. Yes it did. For about 5 minutes.

Phew! Glad you're back!

Me too. That five minutes was an *eternity*.

I actually pulled headers from a different server.

It's always good to have a backup. ;-)

And when that doesn't work, Newsgrouper or Narkive so at least you can
get your Usenet fix until the servers are back up.

NNTP... it's a helluva drug.

Are those free?

Yes to both... but they aren't really intended as drop-in replacements
for a proper NNTP server.

NARKIVE (http://narkive.com, or {newsgroup.name.narkive.com for a
specific group) is, as the name suggests, primarily intended as an
archive where you can read older posts. It's slow to updatem, has no
real search features and (IIRC) doesn't allow posting, but if you need
a quick Usenet fix (or just want to see if your posts are making it
out) it's an option.

NEWSGROUPER (https://newsgrouper.org/)is a web interface to Usenet. >(Specifically, to the Eternal-september news-server). You can _read_
it for free and can even post, although the latter requires you to
register first. It's quicker to update than NARKIVE but has shorter
retention and (IIRC) a much more restricted feed (e.g., fewer groups).
But, again, if you just want a quick fix, it gets the job done.

But really, just get a secondary NNTP server that you can slot into
your newsreader software. There are a number of them available >(Eternal-September being the best known). The above should really be
depended on as 'read-only' access for devices that don't have proper
NNTP support.

I have Easynews for oddball, recent alt groups (like Windows 11 support)
as soon as they hit the servers. Also very limited binaries. Mostly MAME
rom updates and a Doctor Who archive group. I used to be more into
binaries in my 20s and 30s, but I grew up (and got disposable income).

As an homage to those days, I still run Agent 3.3. Unicode can suck it.

Easynews has superior text retention. The server pulled posts back to
2016 when I pulled the group. Like... damn. I had to purge the folder
three times after unmarking a bunch of watch filter posts to get it back
to where it was. It was going to pull 30,000+ messages at first go.

I use Eternal-September as a test to see if I can ditch Easynews, but 90%
of my NNTP usage comes from E-S at this point.

--
Zag

What's the point of growing up
if you can't be childish sometimes? ...Terrance Dicks, BBC

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EternalSpalls <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 17:22 this Saturday (GMT):

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:10:37 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

So, this morning around noon, I pulled headers and even made a post.

After that, I tried to make a second post and got a 400 Goodbye! message.

The website doesn't bring up much of anything.

Did they just shut down today at 17:00 UTC?

Seems to be working here. Maybe somebody -either on their end or
yours- tripped over the network cable? Quick, plug it back in!

I've been having issues with E-S lately too.
--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 18:37 this Saturday (GMT):

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:20:54 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, rms wrote:

Did they just shut down today at 17:00 UTC?

Huh. Yes it did. For about 5 minutes.

Phew! Glad you're back!

Me too. That five minutes was an *eternity*.

An eternal- september

I actually pulled headers from a different server.

Oh, what server?
--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:20:05 -0000 (UTC), in
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, candycanearter07 wrote:

Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 18:37 this Saturday (GMT):

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:20:54 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, rms
wrote:

Did they just shut down today at 17:00 UTC?

Huh. Yes it did. For about 5 minutes.

Phew! Glad you're back!

Me too. That five minutes was an *eternity*.

An eternal- september

I actually pulled headers from a different server.

Oh, what server?

Easynews. I still do some limited binaries stuff.

--
Zag

What's the point of growing up
if you can't be childish sometimes? ...Terrance Dicks, BBC

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Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 16:49 this Wednesday (GMT):

On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:20:05 -0000 (UTC), in
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, candycanearter07 wrote:

Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 18:37 this Saturday (GMT):

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:20:54 -0600, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, rms >>> wrote:

Did they just shut down today at 17:00 UTC?

Huh. Yes it did. For about 5 minutes.

Phew! Glad you're back!

Me too. That five minutes was an *eternity*.

An eternal- september

I actually pulled headers from a different server.

Oh, what server?

Easynews. I still do some limited binaries stuff.

Neat, I'll keep it in mind.
--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:10:37 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Zaghadka wrote:

So, this morning around noon, I pulled headers and even made a post.

After that, I tried to make a second post and got a 400 Goodbye! message.

The website doesn't bring up much of anything.

Did they just shut down today at 17:00 UTC?

Goddammit. Now they forgot to renew their DNS!

DNS failures at 17:30-18:00 UTC today so far.

--
Pope Zaghadka III

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Every man, woman, and child on this Earth |
is a genuine and authorized Pope. | `````````````````````````````````````````````````````

As Pope, you are entitled to the following privleges:

1. To invoke infallibility at any time, even
retroactively.

2. To completely rework the structure of the Erisian
church.

3. To baptise, bury, and marry (with the permission
of the deceased in the latter two cases)

4. To excommunicate yourself and others,
To de-excommunicate yourself and others,
To re-excommunicate yourself and others,
To de-re-excommunicate (no backsies) yourself and
others.

5. To perform all rites and functions deemed to be
improper to a Pope of Discordia.

Hail Eris!

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