Frank wrote:

I did not know what was going on when I tried to post and it did not
show up. Went to GG and could not see updates there so while I also
think it is lame to post there, it is a refuge from e-s problems and
maybe problem was beyond e-s.

Why didn't you try to post using nntp.aioe.org if you were having
problems with ES?

It should have been trivial to change or add nntp.aioe.org to your
usenet client.