? for AOL AFers...

Is it just me...or is AOL selectively eatinng posts to this NG...seemingly at
random?
–Joe in SoFla
"Avanti, Commendatore, la vittoria e nostra!"

On 06 Jan 2005 03:56:06 GMT, Jrgboj M. Gpkgbdfike Jr. wrote:
AOL has been selectively eating posts to the NG.

Jrgboj M. Gpkgbdfike Jr. wrote:
AOLer's have been reporting the eating AF posts for as long as I've
been reading AF. Which is about 5 years.
As an amateur geek I really do have to suggest changing your ISP.
Sure, some of the geek disdain for AOL is simple snobbery, but some of
it is based on valid issues.
Veronica
––
Makeup, it takes believing in. Like a magic carpet, it's belief that
makes it fly. Otherwise, it's just a rug.
If you believe in it, makeup has a magic all it's own.
Of course, makeup is only dime–store magic. But it works well enough,
when it's used properly.",
the makeup artist, from the book Sooner or Later, based on the 1978 TV
movie of the same name.

not to worry– it will spit out your posts in about 7–10 days! (maybe AOL mails
posts to the board! Now that would make sense, right?) I got to read your
"What I am wearing for New Year's" on about Jan 7...that is when it occurred
to me that these posts were a little late(!) because frankly I do not always
look at dates.

Yeah, same here. I've gotten to the point where I just shrug and press on.
–Joe in SoFla
"Avanti, Commendatore, la vittoria e nostra!"

In <PFiDd.27821$3m6.5...@attbi_s51> Veronica Moonlit wrote:
Actually, I don't think it's possible for any news server to pick up all
the posts. I have two and when I compare them they're always with
different numbers. One I pay for and one is free.
Or, they don't have to change the ISP, just subscribe to one of the many
servers out there. The problem about AOL I believe is that they had
sort of a bad start by underestimating the public response to the
service. They were overwhelmed with subscriptions which caused some
difficulties to effectively meet. That has still left a bit of a
hangover today...
––
Cheers
Dennis
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Ruddell wrote:
AOLer's have been reporting the eating AF posts for as long as I've
been reading AF. Which is about 5 years.
That's true, you're never going to get 100%, though some servers come
closer to that than others.
Good suggestion, especially if they enjoy some of the AOL specific
content they don't want to give up.
Any recommendations for Usenet servers for those AFers who might be
looking for one? (Not me, Mediacom's servers do a good job.)
Veronica
––
Makeup, it takes believing in. Like a magic carpet, it's belief that
makes it fly. Otherwise, it's just a rug.
If you believe in it, makeup has a magic all it's own.
Of course, makeup is only dime–store magic. But it works well enough,
when it's used properly.",
the makeup artist, from the book Sooner or Later, based on the 1978 TV
movie of the same name.

On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 01:46:50 –0000, Ruddell wrote:
The kicker is they keep losing customers and they're still hosing up.
So, if it was a capacity problem....

I'm having some serious issues with it too. I haven't seen my own posts in
awhile.
Heather

Heather said:
The irony of this is that in this thread, I see yours...but I haven't seen
mine!
–Joe in SoFla
"Avanti, Commendatore, la vittoria e nostra!"

Smokey said:
When I check Google, yes, everything shows up...but when I check AOL, many of
the posts are simply nonexistent.
–Joe in SoFla
"Avanti, Commendatore, la vittoria e nostra!"

I'm just now getting posts that were posted 12/31–––NYE. What gives?
Sandra in PA

On 07 Jan 2005 14:49:47 GMT, EatWelBWel wrote:
America On–Line was probably off–line. <grin/duck>

"Jrgboj M. Gpkgbdfike Jr." <jmgarci...@aol.comply> wrote in message
news:20050107080324.21692.00002...@mb–m11.aol.com...
Yours are showing up, Joe, some from your usual JMG, Jr. name and some say
"Joe in SoFla" instead.
Smokey

In <20050107110137.06439.00002...@mb–m18.aol.com> Jrgboj M. Gpkgbdfike
Jr. wrote:
Have you tried unsubscribing to af? If not, do that then reboot and
subscribe to af again...
––
Cheers
Dennis
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AOL has a pop up that newsgroups are being discontinued. I wrote them feedback
that I hated that and also complained about their new message boards which do
not advance and go back reliably....Probably I need to switch to another
service, but I expect they will try to keep billing me for the rest of my
natural life, as I tried canceling a "free" service for a senioe citizen who
did not want it, and it was very difficult.

"EatWelBWel" <eatwelb...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20050107094947.08274.00002...@mb–m05.aol.com...
All I can say is that when I used to use AOL, if I called them about
newsgroup/usenet problems, the tech staff never knew what I was talking
about. They simply thought I didn't know what I was talking about.
I assumed newsgroups were not a priority for them. Did they ever update
their ng interface?
Claire

"Claire in SF" <clairi...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:34arjfF469rt...@individual.net...
Claire,
Don't feel like the lone ranger. When I called my ISP regarding them having
a limit on downloading newsgroup msgs, they quickly informed me that their
limit was the problem and they probably weren't going to change anytime
soon. This made it overly obvious where their priorities lay.
Jamie

In <_ZmDd.28064$3m6.4...@attbi_s51> Veronica Moonlit wrote:
Here's a list of a few...
http://www.newsservers.net/
individual.net is pretty good and free...
––
Cheers
Dennis
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