On Nov 20, 10:23*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:30:22 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
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> > wrote:
> >On Nov 19, 10:17*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> >> On 19/11/2011 1:07 PM, sf wrote:
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> >> > On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:04:14 -0500, Dave Smith
> >> > > *wrote:
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> >> >> On 18/11/2011 7:27 PM, Kalmia wrote:
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> >> > Is everyone getting all the posts they think they should be getting?
> >> > For instance, I don't have the message Dave replied to above.
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> >> > I know APN has problems currently, but they're talking about a header
> >> > synchronization issue that causes message *bodies* to be temporarily
> >> > unavailable. *Instead I'm losing or not getting the entire thing -
> >> > including the subject title in my TOC. *Whatever it is even causes
> >> > messages that I've read but have not deleted manually to disappear.
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> >> > APN thinks it's an issue that is only affecting a small number of
> >> > groups at this time, so let your ISP know if you're having problems
> >> > too... especially if your ISP is APN.
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> >> I obviously got Kalmia's post ;-) * but I have been getting headers with
> >> messages that aren't available at the moment. If I bounce back and forth
> >> between messages they open up for me. *I thought maybe it was my
> >> computer or that I need to compress my folders.
>
> >I know you guys laugh at Google Groups..
>
> More like users like kuthe.
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> >and they do suck to a degree....
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> They suck to a BIG degree.
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> >but at least I can read everyone's messages and I rarely
> >have any problems at all.
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> All we have to do is change servers which takes like 15 seconds. *If
> google was my only choice I'd stop posting.
>
> Lou

Well, to each his own. I've never used a newsreader. Never
started when Usenet or others first came on the scene. I never even
participated in any kind of message board until about 10 years ago.
So I guess I'm one of those who just started out with message boards
off websites and went from there.