Re: eternal-september database corruption.

On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:07:59 +0200, kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:04:54 -0700, Justisaur wrote:
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Just an FYI, if you're receiving a message about messages not being
found there was an issue at eternal september where the database was
corrupted.  They're working on restoring messages but it will take
around 3 weeks.
 
You can see conversations about it at the newsgroup
eternal-september.support.

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we need more usenet servers methinks. having everyone on one service is an
issue. For some reason Eternal September has become the standard to go to
for free access to text groups. I assume because unlike others it was
comparatively good with spam during the google groups spam waves.

It's got longevity on its side too. A lot of free NNTP servers are
fly-by-night; they last only a few years before the person offering
the service calls it quits (no blame on them; it's often a thankless
job). Eternal September has been around since... 2009, it looks like
(that's as far as the web.archive.org shows, anyway).

Switching between newsservers isn't hard, but it's an annoyance that
most people don't want to deal with. Going with Eternal September, you
have some confidence that you won't have to switch to some new server
in six months. You can't say that about a lot of the other free
offerings.