Re: Thom Miller/novabbs/i2pn2

On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:56:39 +0200, Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> wrote:

Hello!
It seems that we have really bad news:
|This is Thom's (Retro Guy) wife Kaylen
|Miller. Thom passed away from pancreatic cancer on Saturday morning
Message-ID: <d2d9f95ee00f5ea8628b1c13da758c8e@www.novabbs.org>
Even when this message could be written by everyone, it seems real as
Thom hasn't been active in those groups for some weeks.

hmm...

https://news.novabbs.org/rocksolid/thread.php?group=rocksolid.nodes.announce

Path: ..!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Anonymous@novabbs.org (Anonymous)
Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.announce
Subject: Re: Error: The connection to the Message Server failed.  Please wait a few
minutes and try again.     No articles available T (darius)
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:33:29 +0000
Organization: Rocksolid Light
Message-ID: <d2d9f95ee00f5ea8628b1c13da758c8e@www.novabbs.org>
References: <28807a7b690147183be59687537e75e7@www.novabbs.com>
Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; ..="usenet@i2pn2.org";
...
This is Thom's (Retro Guy) wife Kaylen
Miller. Thom passed away from pancreatic cancer on Saturday morning

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Path: ..!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.org>
Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.announce
Subject: Re: It looks like the NovaBBS Usenet server, specifically the
Rocksolid Light instance, is experiencing ongoing technical is
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:53:11 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
Message-ID: <b47eaebd3e9c773ee30b2f576642595de2700f55@i2pn2.org>
References: <44044644bcf466ce0737daa302cb6c29@www.novabbs.com>
Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; ..mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org";
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:55:57 +0000, darius wrote:

It looks like the NovaBBS Usenet server, specifically the Rocksolid
Light instance, is experiencing ongoing technical issues. The repeated
502 Bad Gateway (nginx) errors and "Connection to the Message Server
failed" messages suggest that the backend Usenet server is either down,
misconfigured, or overloaded.
Here�s what you can do to troubleshoot and possibly get it back in
order:
1. Check If the Server Is Actually Down

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That's if sending the same message over and over again saying the same
thing over and over again doesn't work.

 
Try the following steps:

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snip

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The response was a big "thank you".

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for comparison, other newsgroups show recent activity, e.g.
https://news.novabbs.org/arts/thread.php?group=rec.arts.tv

(also, no previous mention anywhere about advanced illness)