crappy newsfeed

[Richard Sherman]

I get my newsfeed from NTL here in the UK. On this group I frequently
have posts missing and have to try and piece together conversations
from the quotes :-(.

I read another newsgroup rec.aquaria.marine.reefs and never have any
posts missing from that one.

bloody mumble mutter.

Richard

[Mike]

>
>I get my newsfeed from NTL here in the UK. On this group I frequently
>have posts missing and have to try and piece together conversations
>from the quotes :-(.
>
>I read another newsgroup rec.aquaria.marine.reefs and never have any
>posts missing from that one.
>
>bloody mumble mutter.
>
>Richard
>
You could try going through www.google.co.uk then 'groups' to see if they are
collated any better

[Richard Sherman]

On 13 Aug 2003 11:00:06 GMT, mikespruce99@aol.comnospam (Mike) wrote:

>>
>>I get my newsfeed from NTL here in the UK. On this group I frequently
>>have posts missing and have to try and piece together conversations
>>from the quotes :-(.
>>
>>I read another newsgroup rec.aquaria.marine.reefs and never have any
>>posts missing from that one.
>>
>>bloody mumble mutter.
>>
>>Richard
>>
>You could try going through www.google.co.uk then 'groups' to see if they are
>collated any better

Had a look through Google as you suggested and found that it had the
posts I was missing. For example a recent conversation between Beav
and Ian titled "How tight should a fly wheel be" I'm missing the
second and third posts from my newsfeed.

Richard

[Chris Dugan]

Richard,

What newserver are you getting your feed from? the most reliable one that
NTL have at the moment is:

text.news.ntlworld.com

It's what gives me my feed, last year they introduced this server with no
binaries groups on it and now have a half decent news service. If you are
still pointing at news.ntlworld.com or news.cable.ntlworld.com then change
your settings in Forte.

Chris

"Richard Sherman" <rsherman315A@ThotmailDOT.com> wrote in message
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> I get my newsfeed from NTL here in the UK. On this group I frequently
> have posts missing and have to try and piece together conversations
> from the quotes :-(.
>
> I read another newsgroup rec.aquaria.marine.reefs and never have any
> posts missing from that one.
>
> bloody mumble mutter.
>
> Richard


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[Carl Farrington]

Richard Sherman wrote:
> I get my newsfeed from NTL here in the UK. On this group I frequently
> have posts missing and have to try and piece together conversations
> from the quotes :-(.
>
> I read another newsgroup rec.aquaria.marine.reefs and never have any
> posts missing from that one.
>
> bloody mumble mutter.
>
> Richard

dare I say... proper posting style helps this.. :-)

[Alan Rait]

Is that top or bottom posting Carl....

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"Carl Farrington" <carl@000compsup000.net> wrote in message
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> Richard Sherman wrote:
> > I get my newsfeed from NTL here in the UK. On this group I frequently
> > have posts missing and have to try and piece together conversations
> > from the quotes :-(.
> >
> > I read another newsgroup rec.aquaria.marine.reefs and never have any
> > posts missing from that one.
> >
> > bloody mumble mutter.
> >
> > Richard
>
> dare I say... proper posting style helps this.. :-)
>
>

[Beav]

"Richard Sherman" <rsherman315A@ThotmailDOT.com> wrote in message
news:gaekjv4mfsfoo738gu2vdtmpsogkvmpc7t@4ax.com...
> On 13 Aug 2003 11:00:06 GMT, mikespruce99@aol.comnospam (Mike) wrote:
>
> >>
> >>I get my newsfeed from NTL here in the UK. On this group I frequently
> >>have posts missing and have to try and piece together conversations
> >>from the quotes :-(.
> >>
> >>I read another newsgroup rec.aquaria.marine.reefs and never have any
> >>posts missing from that one.
> >>
> >>bloody mumble mutter.
> >>
> >>Richard
> >>
> >You could try going through www.google.co.uk then 'groups' to see if they
are
> >collated any better
>
> Had a look through Google as you suggested and found that it had the
> posts I was missing. For example a recent conversation between Beav
> and Ian titled "How tight should a fly wheel be" I'm missing the
> second and third posts from my newsfeed.

Richard, do you use NTL's TEXT based news server? (text.news.ntlworld). If
not, I'd give it a go if I were you. I used to use the "normal" NTL news
server, but as you've found out, it's crapola with a big crapola. Their text
only server is FAR better, but there's a lot of freebie news servers you can
log onto and not lose any parts of a thread.

Try text.news first though, coz it's blisteringly quick with it's updating
(generally)


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[Beav]

"Carl Farrington" <carl@000compsup000.net> wrote in message
news:bhdvvv$r35$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...
> Richard Sherman wrote:
> > I get my newsfeed from NTL here in the UK. On this group I frequently
> > have posts missing and have to try and piece together conversations
> > from the quotes :-(.
> >
> > I read another newsgroup rec.aquaria.marine.reefs and never have any
> > posts missing from that one.
> >
> > bloody mumble mutter.
> >
> > Richard
>
> dare I say... proper posting style helps this.. :-)

You certainly dare say it Carl, but dare I say someone might feel like
giving you a good slapping?

I don't see how posting STYLE makes a difference to how many messages are
either carried or downloaded.

Note to Richard....

A quickie.. have you set your internal "tools" options to download enough
messages to grab everything and have you set them to grab JUST the latest
messages while dropping off old ones too quickly?

(This from a complete arse when it comes to 'puters)


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Please note my E-mail address is "beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com"
(with the obvious changes)

Beavisland now lives at
www.beavisoriginal.co.uk

[Carl Farrington]

Alan Rait wrote:
> Is that top or bottom posting Carl....

That's top posting. I was reffering to in-context posting though :-)

>
>
> "Carl Farrington" <carl@000compsup000.net> wrote in message
> news:bhdvvv$r35$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...
>> Richard Sherman wrote:
>>> I get my newsfeed from NTL here in the UK. On this group I
>>> frequently have posts missing and have to try and piece together
>>> conversations from the quotes :-(.
>>>
>>> I read another newsgroup rec.aquaria.marine.reefs and never have any
>>> posts missing from that one.
>>>
>>> bloody mumble mutter.
>>>
>>> Richard
>>
>> dare I say... proper posting style helps this.. :-)

[Carl Farrington]

Beav wrote:
> "Carl Farrington" <carl@000compsup000.net> wrote in message
> news:bhdvvv$r35$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...
>> Richard Sherman wrote:
>>> I get my newsfeed from NTL here in the UK. On this group I
>>> frequently have posts missing and have to try and piece together
>>> conversations from the quotes :-(.
>>>
>>> I read another newsgroup rec.aquaria.marine.reefs and never have any
>>> posts missing from that one.
>>>
>>> bloody mumble mutter.
>>>
>>> Richard
>>
>> dare I say... proper posting style helps this.. :-)
>
> You certainly dare say it Carl, but dare I say someone might feel like
> giving you a good slapping?
>
> I don't see how posting STYLE makes a difference to how many messages
> are either carried or downloaded.
>

Consider me slapped matey :-) It won't make a difference, but the 2nd, 3rd,
4th messages will be easy to read even with the 1st one missing... 'cause
it'll be nicely quoted :-)

[Beav]

"Carl Farrington" <carl@000compsup000.net> wrote in message
news:bhea5p$c5q$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...
> Beav wrote:
> > "Carl Farrington" <carl@000compsup000.net> wrote in message
> > news:bhdvvv$r35$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...
> >> Richard Sherman wrote:
> >>> I get my newsfeed from NTL here in the UK. On this group I
> >>> frequently have posts missing and have to try and piece together
> >>> conversations from the quotes :-(.
> >>>
> >>> I read another newsgroup rec.aquaria.marine.reefs and never have any
> >>> posts missing from that one.
> >>>
> >>> bloody mumble mutter.
> >>>
> >>> Richard
> >>
> >> dare I say... proper posting style helps this.. :-)
> >
> > You certainly dare say it Carl, but dare I say someone might feel like
> > giving you a good slapping?
> >
> > I don't see how posting STYLE makes a difference to how many messages
> > are either carried or downloaded.
> >
>
> Consider me slapped matey :-)

It wouldn't be me doing the slapping, coz I don't give a rats:-)

It won't make a difference, but the 2nd, 3rd,
> 4th messages will be easy to read even with the 1st one missing... 'cause
> it'll be nicely quoted :-)

And in cntext I hope:-))


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Beav


Please note my E-mail address is "beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com"
(with the obvious changes)

Beavisland now lives at
www.beavisoriginal.co.uk

[Richard Sherman]

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 19:26:15 +0100, "Chris Dugan"
<chris.dugan@obviousntlworld.com> wrote:

>Richard,
>
>What newserver are you getting your feed from? the most reliable one that
>NTL have at the moment is:
>
>text.news.ntlworld.com
>
>It's what gives me my feed, last year they introduced this server with no
>binaries groups on it and now have a half decent news service. If you are
>still pointing at news.ntlworld.com or news.cable.ntlworld.com then change
>your settings in Forte.
>
>Chris
>
Thanks Beav and Chris have now changed to the text one and fingers
crossed it'll be alright now.

Richard

[Richard Sherman]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:55:11 +0100, Richard Sherman
<rsherman315A@ThotmailDOT.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 19:26:15 +0100, "Chris Dugan"
><chris.dugan@obviousntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>>Richard,
>>
>>What newserver are you getting your feed from? the most reliable one that
>>NTL have at the moment is:
>>
>>text.news.ntlworld.com
>>
>>It's what gives me my feed, last year they introduced this server with no
>>binaries groups on it and now have a half decent news service. If you are
>>still pointing at news.ntlworld.com or news.cable.ntlworld.com then change
>>your settings in Forte.
>>
>>Chris
>>
>Thanks Beav and Chris have now changed to the text one and fingers
>crossed it'll be alright now.
>
>Richard

Boy that was fast :-)