Can't read usenet posts even from a few minutes ago?

Every time I try to read a message using forte Agent 4.2.3118 I get
the below message.

I think I may have successfully read about three or four, now it won't
let me read any messages. I may not be able to send this either.

What is causing this problem?

Forte Agent? My ISP?

Have they blocked me from using USENET or something?

Subject: OT...or maybe not...
From:
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:47:54 -0500
Lines: 8

[Sorry. This message is no longer available.]


Message-ID: <>

nntp://news.charter.net/alt.tv.survivor/119536

 

Even this one that I just posted is unreadable? I can see the subject
and all, but it won't allow me to click and then read the post.
I'm going to try another usenet reader. The one that starts with an
"X" X-news I believe.

 

For what it's worth hit the Z key and see if that helps you. There
would be a setting to set but I'm not going to dig for it.

 

Could be a glitch in your news-server's system. It's possible for
'headers' to be present in the headers database for 'bodies' which are not
in the bodies database (the two are usually stored seperately, connected
by the local message number). The glitch might clear up 'later'.

I can't read from charter.net, not being a customer, but that article
certainly still exists on the server I use. It even got a reply!

 

It's the news server..
Try another.
Someone posted a load of free ones last week

 

You mean 4.2/32.1118?

Forte or ISP or usenet server.

Reading your post, not yet, maybe soon

Headers can exist, doesn't mean the message does. Server may be updating
and out of sync.

<snip> Not worth reading the message with the above ID, it appears to be
OT and a waste of electrons.
=======================================================================
From:
Newsgroups: alt.tv.survivor
Subject: OT...or maybe not...
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:47:54 -0500
Organization: WebTV Subscriber
Lines: 8
Message-ID: <>
NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net
Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV)
Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit
X-WebTV-Signature: 1
ETAtAhUAxes/wK9ofWwoTK+RlNyAtIMjL/ECFBqckR7hd1f8TzbJJAA0dyMavpDm
Content-Disposition: Inline
Xref: text.news.virginmedia.com alt.tv.survivor:27416

Today's news tells us that a U of New Mexico study said that smarter men
had healthier sperm.

That's all...except to say that my top 3 sperm were named 'Plato',
'Einstein' and 'Hawking.'

No brag, just fact.
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Your 2nd message on the server I use is fine.

Google Groups for both msg-is's
http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?q=&
are both there.


www.google.com
Results 1 - 10 of about 15,600 for
forte agent [Sorry. This message is no longer available.]
.. (0.37 seconds)

So missing posts in alt.tv and 24hshd....

Me

 

Wow!

I've been away for a few hours. I sat down just now opened my
newsreader and easily read all of the posts on this topic.

the only thing I did was to Turn on my Spysweeper firewll. I noticed
it was turned off.

I'm going to send this now so you can see that it opened for me Ok.
Then I will see if I can read from other newsgroups

 

(cut)

Such as, posting where ("top" posting) doing so is rather guaranteed to
pi**-off (in the States, that means "to make *very* angry") most folks,
who would rather follow common usenet convention (reading posts in the
faashion most often used, to increase ease of reading)?

 

Hat trick! It's also from a WebTVHead.

 

...and still haven't learned how to trim, and to not top-post...

 

Don't have that over here, I assume from past mentions in 24HSHD it's
crap, for want of a better word.

So it's another service on top of getting anything useful done.

Me

 

Actually a rather good idea, originally (mid-90s). Somewhat ahead of its
time.

The current operation is owned by Microsoft (and called MSN TV) and is only
available within the USA. It probably provides all the 'computing' that
many people want - web access as a domestic appliance.

<http://www.webtv.com/pc/> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_TV>

 

Well it's a bit on the KISS principle

Thanks.

Well at the first link, seems to be lacking in detail but there are lots
of 'buy now' links.

Me