I think Cox has sold out and gone to a cheapy news server...

I'm constantly getting error messages of the form: "Error reported by
server: 502 Maximum number of connections reached.
(newsfe14.iad)(Tornado v1.2.7.560-2). (Retry...)"

What is that ".iad" above? I seem to recall that "iad" was a
monumental source of spam.

...Jim Thompson
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On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:36:29 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

I think Cox has sold out and gone to a cheapy news server...

I'm constantly getting error messages of the form: "Error reported by
server: 502 Maximum number of connections reached.
(newsfe14.iad)(Tornado v1.2.7.560-2). (Retry...)"

What is that ".iad" above? I seem to recall that "iad" was a
monumental source of spam.

...Jim Thompson

Transcript of E-mails to/from Cox...

As usual, Cox "Support" obfuscates. The Usenet News Server has been
really bad/slow/hangs for the past three days. This morning at least
there is some retrieval capability, though I can't presently post a
simple text message.

Constantly getting error messages of the form: "Error reported by
server: 502 Maximum number of connections reached.
(newsfe14.iad)(Tornado v1.2.7.560-2). (Retry...)"

Which is a server problem.

Why can't you simply admit you have a network issue, or you changed
Usenet providers, or whatever you screwed up? Does management require
you to _never_ admit a Cox defect/fault?

Instead of acting like men, you act like a bunch of fairies :-D

As for your statement, "...Cox does not provide support for e-mail
clients other than Outlook Express." Seems to me that violates
anti-trust laws. I'll run that by my lawyer. Besides who, but a
fairy, would use Outhouse Excuse for a news reader ?:-)

At 07:05 AM 8/22/2009, Cox eCare HSI wrote:
---------- Original Message ----------
Dear Jim,

Thank you for your recent e-mail. I understand you are having
difficulties to access the Cox Newsgroups service. I apologize for any
inconvenience this issue may be causing.

At the moment I would like to inform you our newsgroups service has
experienced various changes since the last maintenance. Currently, our
newsgroup servers do not require authentication to access them. For this
reason, please remove any settings (username/password) you have in your
newsgroups reader that could cause an authentication error. Please click
on the link below to access information on how to properly configure
your newsgroups without authenticating your connection:

http://support2.cox.com/sdccommon/as...p?sprt_cid=453
1f9ea-a8b1-4811-b98d-079427d18558

Please note that Cox does not provide support for e-mail clients other
than Outlook Express. If you encounter difficulties following the steps
in the above link, please contact the official support for the software
you are using.

If you are away from home and have already checked your settings, but
are still unable to access your newsgroups, please keep in mind that our
Cox newsgroup servers are only valid while connected to Cox High Speed
Internet. If you are using a different Internet service provider while
away from home, please contact the support department for this service
in order to request the newsgroup servers for that specific connection.

I do hope that I have been able to provide you with the information you
requested. If I have not, or if you have any other inquiries, please do
not hesitate to contact us again.

Have you tried our customer support site? Visit

http://support.cox.com

to find answers to many of your Cox High Speed Internet questions FAST,
including "click to fix" automated solutions and LIVE online chat
support 24/7!


Thank you for choosing Cox as your friend in the digital age.

Sincerely, STP - Joe G.



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For the past two days, access to Newsgroups has been, at best, sporadic.
And your non-responsiveness to inquiries is not conducive to good
customer relations. If you're not going to properly support Newsgroups,
just say so, and we'll take our business elsewhere.
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...Jim Thompson
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| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

"Jim Thompson" wrote in
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On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:36:29 -0700, Jim Thompson
As for your statement, "...Cox does not provide support for e-mail
clients other than Outlook Express." Seems to me that violates
anti-trust laws. I'll run that by my lawyer. Besides who, but a
fairy, would use Outhouse Excuse for a news reader ?:-)


I use windows Live mail for everything. It's the successor to OE. Does that
make me a fairy? consider your response carefully...

I gave up on Verizon's news server except for local network status messages.
Once they got rid of all but the big 5 groups, it was pretty worthless. I've
got an account with Teranews.com for usenet. they've had their ups and downs
but seem to have their act together enough to recommend them. I have a
sponsor account- 30G/year for $29.95.

Oppie

On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:36:29 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

I think Cox has sold out and gone to a cheapy news server...

I'm constantly getting error messages of the form: "Error reported by
server: 502 Maximum number of connections reached.
(newsfe14.iad)(Tornado v1.2.7.560-2). (Retry...)"

What is that ".iad" above? I seem to recall that "iad" was a
monumental source of spam.

...Jim Thompson

I have the same thing happen peridically. It also just happened and
resolved itself after two days! Let me guess your isp "cox" is useing
Highwinds as there news provider.


I've read in various forums anything from it's your client not
severing your connection; to the Highwinds server getting confused and
showing you as connected to your max connection limit when your not
connected at all.

I've noticed it seems to happen when I post messages,not all the time
but that usually starts it.

You could also be exceededing your max connection some clients will
adjust this automatically and wind up exceeding your connection limit.

If you are on Highwinds I'm willing to bet it's there server thats
FU.

I'm even haveing difficulty posting this (several attempts). Yep the
Highwinds server is ****.And now the lovely 502 error **** again.When
it does this I set my client to keep trying at one second intervals my
last record was 4K attempts.I'll go have a nap and see if I can beat
that.Hope it drives the server bonkers.

Oh and I'm paying for my internet to the tune of $100 a month and when
I got it one of the selling features was the fact they have a news
service.So if anyone from shaw or highwinds sees this get off your ass
and do your goddam job.

Funny, I was getting 502s the last three days as well. That's why two
recent posts got backlogged about that long, damn things wouldn't send.

What are my posts going through, anyway? A recent post shows,

Path:
s02-b77!num01.iad!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe23.iad.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail

So I guess I'm on newsfe23.iad something or other? Yours says,

Path:
s03-b20.iad!num01.iad!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe12.iad.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail

which is newsfe12 (not the 14 you got stuck on?), and it came through post02
at highwinds instead of post01. Close enough I guess?? Maybe it really
isn't Cox (or Charter), but the middleman ****ing around.

Tim

--
Deep Friar: a very philosophical monk.
Website: http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms

"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message news
I think Cox has sold out and gone to a cheapy news server...

I'm constantly getting error messages of the form: "Error reported by
server: 502 Maximum number of connections reached.
(newsfe14.iad)(Tornado v1.2.7.560-2). (Retry...)"

What is that ".iad" above? I seem to recall that "iad" was a
monumental source of spam.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:02:47 -0500, "Tim Williams"
wrote:

Funny, I was getting 502s the last three days as well. That's why two
recent posts got backlogged about that long, damn things wouldn't send.

What are my posts going through, anyway? A recent post shows,

Path:
s02-b77!num01.iad!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe23.iad.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail

So I guess I'm on newsfe23.iad something or other? Yours says,

Path:
s03-b20.iad!num01.iad!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe12.iad.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail

which is newsfe12 (not the 14 you got stuck on?), and it came through post02
at highwinds instead of post01. Close enough I guess?? Maybe it really
isn't Cox (or Charter), but the middleman ****ing around.

Tim
Look and you shall see it's going through

highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com

There have been several complaints about highwinds,it appears to be
run by a bunch of retired Bureaucrats ex goverment employees TYPE.
A model of incompatance.

On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:42:21 -0400, Hammy wrote:

On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:02:47 -0500, "Tim Williams"
wrote:

Funny, I was getting 502s the last three days as well. That's why two
recent posts got backlogged about that long, damn things wouldn't send.

What are my posts going through, anyway? A recent post shows,

Path:
s02-b77!num01.iad!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe23.iad.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail

So I guess I'm on newsfe23.iad something or other? Yours says,

Path:
s03-b20.iad!num01.iad!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe12.iad.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail

which is newsfe12 (not the 14 you got stuck on?), and it came through post02
at highwinds instead of post01. Close enough I guess?? Maybe it really
isn't Cox (or Charter), but the middleman ****ing around.

Tim
Look and you shall see it's going through

highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com

There have been several complaints about highwinds,it appears to be
run by a bunch of retired Bureaucrats ex goverment employees TYPE.
A model of incompatance.


I have been getting those 502 errors from the first after I started
with Cox here in Tucson. I noticed that I get them every time I get
headers and even though the error box is present the hearders keep
coming.
Dave Foreman