News server load becoming more and more an issue

[filgood]

I prefer to use native apps like Paulo.

Andrei, any news regarding the news server?


Thx, fil


On 17/05/2012 10:17, Andrea Fontana wrote:
> What about a new group on:
> https://groups.google.com/
>
>
> On Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 09:01:12 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>> On Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 08:54:16 UTC, filgood wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Not sure who looks after the news server that hosts the relevant D
>>> newsgroups, but over the last few weeks, the amount of "high load"
>>> messages has been increasing at a steady rate, to an extend that it
>>> is becoming a real nuisance to read the newsgroups via a classic
>>> newsreader like thunderbird (hence using the web forum interface for
>>> this message).
>>>
>>> Can someone please change the settings on the news server to solve
>>> this (or move to another server) ?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> fil
>>
>> There was a post from Andrei saying that they were looking into it,
>> but I feel your pain.
>>
>> Somehow the web interface appears to be more resilient to the post
>> failures, but my Thunderbird and Windows Live Email keep complaining
>> all the time. :(
>>
>> Which is somehow ironic, since I prefer native applications to web
>> based ones.
>