Thanks for responses: Having trouble posting to this group

Still can't read using OE, but able to browse in Google.

This is the only group that isn't working. All other rec.photo groups are
unaffected.

Obviously can post - duh!

Have tried unsubscribing / resubscribing - see over 100k not downloaded
messages on resubscribe, but whittle that down to zero really fast by doing
a "download next 1000 messages" a few times.

Still, no messages, none unread.

Is it possible / likely that Verizon is blocking the group? Maybe something
to do with the rash of garbage posts lately? But, if this is the case,
would it even show up in list of available groups, and would I be able to
post to the group?

dfs

By the way, of course I'm not posting using a "real" email address, but if
anyone would like to help with a personal reply, try dfsoelter (at) gmail
(dot) com. It's a throwaway account, but I'd still like to keep it clear of
as much spam as possible - so I don't broadcast it.

 

If you're having problems with only one newsgroup, then I'd strongly suspect
that the fault lies with Verizon. (Well, that and the fact that others are
NOT having a problem.)

Oh, and I was just out your way last week, the first time I've been out
West. Here in Pennsylvania, we have these things we call "mountains", that
run up to about 3500 feet. My wife and I drove up Mt. Ranier to Paradise
(5400 feet?), and that mountain goes up another 9,000 feet from there!
Damned impressive. A photo waiting to be taken everywhere I turned...

dwight

 

Despite the "rash" of garbage posts, they total a very small
amount, and wouldn't be likely to come to Verizon's notice, not
would they take any action if they were noticed. I assume that OE
has some kind of filtering capability. If I had the same problem,
I'd first see if OE has the ability to easily disable all filters.
If not, you could install another newsreader, and this would be
easiest for you if another copy of OE could be installed in another
folder. If for some reason only one copy can be installed, you
could install another newsreader. This would at least allow you to
rule out Verizon as the root of the problem if any other newsreader
could download new messages. There are a number of free news
readers you could try, and if you think it might be worth trying the
free version of Agent, go for version 1.x or 2.x, as version 3.x has
so many new capabilities that it can be a chore getting it installed
and working properly.

One more thing to consider (and again, I'm not familiar with OE),
is there any way for you to test the possibility that new messages
really are being downloaded, but OE, for some reason, isn't allowing
them to be seen? Many newsreaders could easily be configured to do
this, but obviously it wouldn't usually be done intentionally.

 

In addition to that, you can see Mount Ranier from the waterfront in
Seattle.
Jim

 

It's possible, but it wouldn't be my first guess. Over the years I've
seen god only knows how many "newsgroup problems" that actually turned
out to be Outlook Express problems. I'd recommend you get some other
newsgroup software (there are several good, and free, programs out
there) and see if it can access the group properly. If it can, then you
know OE is the problem. If not, your other theory becomes more likely.

 

My wife and I went out there a few years ago, too. We arrived at our
hotel on a very overcast afternoon, so there was nothing to see. We
joked about this "alleged" mountain they claimed to have.

The next morning was sunny and clear, and that heap of rock really made
an impression. I walked out into the parking lot and my jaw dropped.
All I could think was "Where the hell did *that* come from?"

 

Not in the two days I was there! Fairly well socked in the whole time.

)

 

I can imagine.

When I flew out of SeaTac, the plane climbed through the cloud layer and
then banked left. Out of my right-side window, I saw Ranier standing up
through the clouds.

http://www.tfrog93.com/ranier.jpg (Best I could do out the airplane window.)

)

 

I don't know. I am now using Verizon and OE. I sometimes see two problems.
a) I post and never see it, doesn't seem to depend on the group
b) And this is very annoying, I'll post, I never see my post directly but it
shows up as quoted text when others reply, so obviously it did get posted.
There is no consistency to any of this.

An another unrelated issue, I seem to be unable to block either re: in the
subject line or Lionel in the from line. Blocking works for another group.
I think the group knows why I want to block those items.
Dave Cohen

 

I'd still suggest trying another News client; then you can see what is
due to your settings, and what may be a Server issue.

But then you are giving in to the kook. The "real" Lionel posts with his
own name, and is a photographer.

 

True, but I did this as a last resort when using 're:' didn't work.
Back to the original problem. Everything is ok in google. It is also ok and
this response is using OE in another winxp partition. So it's a problem with
OE, but only running my main winxp partition. Both use automatic updates and
of course are on the same machine. I've tried News Express but it refuses to
let me send with an authitacation error even though I'm suppyling the
correct data.
Dave Cohen

 

As far as blocking is concerned, I only used Lionel because blocking
're:' didn't work. Since nothing works the point is mute.

As far a posts are concerned, it's something to do with OE which shows
original post but no threads for any group for any messages over a few
days old, including groups not provided by verizon (Serif and
Terabyteunlimited). I'm running winxp.
I have another partition on same machine running a copy of winxp. OE
works just fine. Both partitions are configured to accept MS updates
automatically. If anyone can figure this out they get my genius of the
year award (purley an honor, no money involved).
I tried installing sample free news readers in the copy partition
(that's used to test trial downloads), but having trouble posting -
News Express keeps telling me authentication fails although I've
supplied what it asks.

This post is using google, problem is I can't use google for the other
two groups I monitor.
I'll perserve with a different news reader.
Dave Cohen

 

This is my final post on this topic (if it goes thru'). I downloaded and
this if from Thunderbird. I like it since it looks like OE. What are rss
groups.
Dave Cohen (Also just Dave depending on client)

 

All rightly then; good!

I liked it because it didn't look like OE! But that was about 5 years
ago, and that on a Mac. I abandoned OE before MS abandoned that app. on
the Mac....<s>