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In article  <fEqjqJAJMO9HFwsP@consltec.demon.co.uk>
           fredclark@consltec.demon.co.uk "John" writes:

> Recently I noticed that the Demon News Server has been connecting as
> normal, and then there times when it is unavailable. loosing it for some
> time now.
> 
> At the moment I have checked and see the Server is connected, but no
> posts are being filed and presented to the reader.
> 
> This message is being sent in a vain attempt to see that other posters'
> messages are really there.
> 
> Anyone else noticing this, and what are the results? 

Hello Fred!

Well, even though (a) you appear to be using Windoze rather than 
DOS and (b) if news.dcu is down you won't be reading this until 
it deigns to return, I thought I'd reply because this group has 
been so quiet of late and it's refreshing to see some traffic!

News.dcu has been flaky for months now -- particularly at 
weekends -- so flaky in fact that after 14 years I finally bit 
the bullet and ditched Demon news in favour of a paid-for news 
feed from news.individual.net (Berlin Uni).  This news server 
carries no 'binaries' groups, so might not suit you, but at 10 
euros a year it is almost free and my experience over the last 
few months is that it is always there when the Demon Borg has 
gone walkabout.  Got to www.individual.net (I think...) if you 
think it might be of interest.  I have no interest there other 
than as a satisfied customer.

If you want background on the ongoing demon.news snafu, look 
through the relevant demon.service articles over the past few 
months...

Pete
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