I haven't been able to access eternal-september for the last few hours. Thunderbird keeps failing out with "Connection to server news.eternal-september.org timed out."

Not sure if it's a problem at my end or if the server is down, is anyone else managing to collect news from it?

Mike Clarke wrote:
I haven't been able to access eternal-september for the last few hours. Thunderbird keeps failing out with "Connection to server news.eternal-september.org timed out."

Not sure if it's a problem at my end or if the server is down, is anyone else managing to collect news from it?


I think something not very good happened to it. There is a message on
the site saying that the server has been replaced, and the replacement
has the new name reader.eternal-september.org , and that the old name
news.eternal-september.org will spring back into life when DNS
propagation points to the new server. It has already reached me, so I
can currently use either name. Yours will probably start working again
soon.

Hard ware being replaced on a frazzled server.
Brian

--
----- -
This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from...
The Sofa of Brian Gaff...

Blind user, so no pictures please!
"Mike Clarke" wrote in message
...
I haven't been able to access eternal-september for the last few hours.
Thunderbird keeps failing out with "Connection to server
news.eternal-september.org timed out."

Not sure if it's a problem at my end or if the server is down, is anyone
else managing to collect news from it?

On 05/09/2017 16:37, Dan S. MacAbre wrote:
Mike Clarke wrote:
I haven't been able to access eternal-september for the last few
hours. Thunderbird keeps failing out with "Connection to server
news.eternal-september.org timed out."

Not sure if it's a problem at my end or if the server is down, is
anyone else managing to collect news from it?


I think something not very good happened to it.Â* There is a message on
the site saying that the server has been replaced, and the replacement
has the new name reader.eternal-september.org , and that the old name
news.eternal-september.org will spring back into life when DNS
propagation points to the new server.Â* It has already reached me, so I
can currently use either name.Â* Yours will probably start working again
soon.


Mine working again, but very, very hit and miss.

I was already investigating Albasani, but I'll stop now.

On Tuesday, 5 September 2017 16:37:38 UTC+1, Dan S. MacAbre wrote:

I think something not very good happened to it. There is a message on
the site saying that the server has been replaced, and the replacement
has the new name reader.eternal-september.org , and that the old name
news.eternal-september.org will spring back into life when DNS
propagation points to the new server. It has already reached me, so I
can currently use either name. Yours will probably start working again
soon.

Thanks, I'll wait a while for DNS to settle down.

Mike Clarke wrote on 05/09/2017 :
I haven't been able to access eternal-september for the last few hours.
Thunderbird keeps failing out with "Connection to server
news.eternal-september.org timed out."

Not sure if it's a problem at my end or if the server is down, is anyone else
managing to collect news from it?

Yes, it has been inaccessible here too. As I have just posted /\ up
there..

In article ,
Mike Clarke wrote:
I haven't been able to access eternal-september for the last few hours.
Thunderbird keeps failing out with "Connection to server
news.eternal-september.org timed out."

Not sure if it's a problem at my end or if the server is down, is anyone
else managing to collect news from it?

Same here- although it appears sorted now. I have AIOE available too (also
free) and my news system uses that too - so if one is down, the other
likely OK.

--
*Income tax service - We‘ve got what it takes to take what you've got.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 05/09/17 16:29, Mike Clarke wrote:
I haven't been able to access eternal-september for the last few hours. Thunderbird keeps failing out with "Connection to server news.eternal-september.org timed out."

Not sure if it's a problem at my end or if the server is down, is anyone else managing to collect news from it?

last 2 days. using albasani to post instead.

Its odd because manually connecteing works fine. Its when you try to
post it comes back and dumps on you


--
To ban Christmas, simply give turkeys the vote.

GB wrote:
On 05/09/2017 16:37, Dan S. MacAbre wrote:
Mike Clarke wrote:
I haven't been able to access eternal-september for the last few
hours. Thunderbird keeps failing out with "Connection to server
news.eternal-september.org timed out."

Not sure if it's a problem at my end or if the server is down, is
anyone else managing to collect news from it?


I think something not very good happened to it. There is a message on
the site saying that the server has been replaced, and the
replacement has the new name reader.eternal-september.org , and that
the old name news.eternal-september.org will spring back into life
when DNS propagation points to the new server. It has already
reached me, so I can currently use either name. Yours will probably
start working again soon.


Mine working again, but very, very hit and miss.

I was already investigating Albasani, but I'll stop now.

Albasani works very well.

On 05/09/17 18:57, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
GB wrote:
On 05/09/2017 16:37, Dan S. MacAbre wrote:
Mike Clarke wrote:
I haven't been able to access eternal-september for the last few
hours. Thunderbird keeps failing out with "Connection to server
news.eternal-september.org timed out."

Not sure if it's a problem at my end or if the server is down, is
anyone else managing to collect news from it?


I think something not very good happened to it. There is a message on
the site saying that the server has been replaced, and the
replacement has the new name reader.eternal-september.org , and that
the old name news.eternal-september.org will spring back into life
when DNS propagation points to the new server. It has already
reached me, so I can currently use either name. Yours will probably
start working again soon.


Mine working again, but very, very hit and miss.

I was already investigating Albasani, but I'll stop now.

Albasani works very well.


Except when it doesn't, which is quite a lot.
It's also very ****y about crossposting


--
"The great thing about Glasgow is that if there's a nuclear attack it'll
look exactly the same afterwards."

Billy Connolly

On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 17:41:02 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote:

Hard ware being replaced on a frazzled server.
Brian

Yes, the Reader... on 443 was down. I found out /after/ changing to 563 and
putting the corresponding address.
The news then loaded, so I went back to the site and the status was there,
sort of after the event, almost.
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 16:37:36 +0100, "Dan S. MacAbre"
wrote:

Mike Clarke wrote:
I haven't been able to access eternal-september for the last few hours. Thunderbird keeps failing out with "Connection to server news.eternal-september.org timed out."

Not sure if it's a problem at my end or if the server is down, is anyone else managing to collect news from it?


I think something not very good happened to it. There is a message on
the site saying that the server has been replaced, and the replacement
has the new name reader.eternal-september.org , and that the old name
news.eternal-september.org will spring back into life when DNS
propagation points to the new server. It has already reached me, so I
can currently use either name. Yours will probably start working again
soon.

---
This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
http://www.avg.com

I moved to Astraweb until ET is sorted.

MM

On 06/09/17 15:07, MM wrote:
On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 16:37:36 +0100, "Dan S. MacAbre"
wrote:

Mike Clarke wrote:
I haven't been able to access eternal-september for the last few hours. Thunderbird keeps failing out with "Connection to server news.eternal-september.org timed out."

Not sure if it's a problem at my end or if the server is down, is anyone else managing to collect news from it?


I think something not very good happened to it. There is a message on
the site saying that the server has been replaced, and the replacement
has the new name reader.eternal-september.org , and that the old name
news.eternal-september.org will spring back into life when DNS
propagation points to the new server. It has already reached me, so I
can currently use either name. Yours will probably start working again
soon.

---
This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
http://www.avg.com

I moved to Astraweb until ET is sorted.

MM


I still cant quite post to it via port 119. although teh error message
is now different

Its coming back up slow....

--
How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.

Adolf Hitler

On 05/09/2017 16:29, Mike Clarke wrote:
I haven't been able to access eternal-september for the last few hours. Thunderbird keeps failing out with "Connection to server news.eternal-september.org timed out."

I've been having trouble off and on for a couple of weeks. It's still
iffy now. Sometimes it's come back and told me it's over loaded...

First time posting this message failed. And I keep getting "You can't
post here" messages too. They all correct in a while...

Andy

ps

OK that one didn't. I'm retrying tomorrow...

Whilst waiting for their servers to sort themselves out yet
again, I had a look at some of their statistics.

https://www.eternal-september.org/postingstats.php

In September so far, uk.d-i-y is their fourth busiest newsgroup.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Plant amazing Acers.

Getting a new error message from them here-


Connection to server failed - Connection refused.

Just started yesterday.

--
*Red meat is not bad for you. Fuzzy green meat is bad for you.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
Getting a new error message from them here-


Connection to server failed - Connection refused.

Just started yesterday.

apparently they installed a(nother) new server yesterday

perhaps you tried to log on at exactly the wrong time

seems to be fault free today

tim

In article , tim...
writes


"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
Getting a new error message from them here-


Connection to server failed - Connection refused.

Just started yesterday.

apparently they installed a(nother) new server yesterday

perhaps you tried to log on at exactly the wrong time

seems to be fault free today

tim

Seems to have settled down here too.
--
bert

On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 19:33:00 +0100, bert wrote:

In article , tim...
writes


"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
Getting a new error message from them here-


Connection to server failed - Connection refused.

Just started yesterday.

apparently they installed a(nother) new server yesterday

perhaps you tried to log on at exactly the wrong time

seems to be fault free today

tim

Seems to have settled down here too.

I can only get to it via the IP number and my dns must be working as I
get the IP number by pinging news.eternal-september.org though:

ping news.eternal-september.org

Pinging reader02.eternal-september.org [85.214.115.223] with 32 bytes
of data:

Reply from 85.214.115.223: bytes=32 time=54ms TTL=54
Reply from 85.214.115.223: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=54
Reply from 85.214.115.223: bytes=32 time=54ms TTL=54
Reply from 85.214.115.223: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 85.214.115.223:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 53ms, Maximum = 55ms, Average = 54ms

--
AnthonyL

Seems to have all sorted itself today - back to normal here.

--
*The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
Seems to have all sorted itself today - back to normal here.

Yes, back on the support news group it seems that all has finally been
sorted out. I'm certainly no longer getting any errors from my local
leafnode server when it collects news from eternal september.

Thank you eternal september! :-)

--
Chris Green
·

"Chris Green" wrote in message
...
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
Seems to have all sorted itself today - back to normal here.

Yes, back on the support news group

there's a support news group :-(

tim

Seems on the blink again.

--
*Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 18/09/2017 10:31, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Seems on the blink again.

Not for me; and nothing showing at
https://www.eternal-september.org/se...hp?language=en or at
eternal-september.support...

....to where follow-up set

--
Robin
reply-to address is (intended to be) valid