Re: [PHP] Question about news.php.net

2010-09-15 Thread MikeB
Daniel Brown wrote: On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 19:51, MikeB 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,

Re: [PHP] Question about news.php.net

2010-09-14 Thread Daniel Brown
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" wrote: > Daniel Brown wrote: >>

Re: [PHP] Question about news.php.net

2010-09-14 Thread Nathan Rixham
Daniel Brown wrote: On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 18:09, MikeB 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

Re: [PHP] Question about news.php.net

2010-09-13 Thread MikeB
Daniel Brown wrote: On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 19:51, MikeB 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,

Re: [PHP] Question about news.php.net

2010-09-13 Thread Shawn McKenzie
On 09/13/2010 06:51 PM, MikeB wrote: > Daniel Brown wrote: >> >> I don't believe that we've been having any issues with the server, >> no. Are you using NNTP to connect? > > yes, NNTP. > >> You may want to consider using >> the HTTP-based RSS and/or RDF feeds if it continues to be an issue.

Re: [PHP] Question about news.php.net

2010-09-13 Thread Daniel Brown
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 19:51, MikeB 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

Re: [PHP] Question about news.php.net

2010-09-13 Thread MikeB
Daniel Brown wrote: I don't believe that we've been having any issues with the server, no. Are you using NNTP to connect? yes, NNTP. You may want to consider using the HTTP-based RSS and/or RDF feeds if it continues to be an issue. If this persists, I'll look into the alternatives yo

Re: [PHP] Question about news.php.net

2010-09-13 Thread Daniel Brown
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 18:09, MikeB 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

[PHP] Question about news.php.net

2010-09-13 Thread MikeB
If there is a more appropriate place to ask this, I apologize. Please point me in the right direction. 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 tr