Jeff Layman wrote:

> I've been using ES daily for several hours for 5 years. For a free service, two
> or three outages for an hour or two in 5 years is quite acceptable to me.

I used to use E-S, it generally runs OK, but then it can have periods of not
running so good. However, since it's free (or more accurately donations
optional), I never liked to complain about it when it was having problems, so I
moved to a paid service.

On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:30:07 +0100, Jeff Layman <jmlayman@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

>On 26/10/2021 09:09, Martin wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:47:58 +0100, Jeff Layman <jmlayman@invalid.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 25/10/2021 12:05, Martin wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 24 Oct 2021 10:15:37 +0100, Indy Jess John
>>>> <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 24/10/2021 09:34, Martin wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "SH"<i.love@spam.com> wrote in message news:sksmde$4s9$1@dont-email.me...
>>>>>>>> On 21/10/2021 17:02, Scott wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:59:54 +0100, SH<i.love@spam.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have access to both AOIE and Eternal september.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I cannot post anything new to UK.tech.digital-tv via AIOE as
>>>>>>>>>> Uk.tech.digital-tv is on the ban list with a reason of Matti vari (?)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> See https://news.aioe.org/documentation/access-restrictions/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What is Matti Vari?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I can however post via Eternal september.....
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *** Other Newsnet providers are available.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> but they charge money and want personal details....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I pay a bit over £2/month for a good reliable news server.
>>>>>
>>>>> I did it differently. For text I use a free news server. For binaries I
>>>>> bought 1Tb of data without an expiry date. Headers are free but bodies
>>>>> are deducted from my data balance.
>>>>>
>>>>> If my data lasts more than 3 months (I only bought it a month ago) then
>>>>> my deal will be cheaper than yours.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>> The cost is so little I can't understand why people use crappy free news servers
>>>
>>> Which "crappy" free news servers did you have in mind?
>>
>> The ones that people complain about here.
>>
>>> I used Albasani
>>> for many years until it folded, with Eternal September as a backup (it
>>> was rarely required). I now use Eternal September with Solani as a
>>> backup. I have had very few issues with ES, and on the two or three
>>> times it has gone down I've used the backup without problem. I don't see
>>> that any of those merit the term "crappy". I seem, by the way, to have
>>> no need of binaries; is there any particular reason you need them?
>>>
>>> I assume you're using the Agent Usenet service through forteinc.com (I'm
>>> a bit puzzled why, from your headers, complaints go to
>>> abuse@easynews.com. Is there a tie up?). Why would I require its
>>> "Blazing Fast Connections" for usenet? And why, when I don't use
>>> binaries, would I need umpteen GB a month?
>>
>> I have never had an issue with the Agent Usenet Service.
>
>That's an answer to a question I didn't ask. What about the three other
>points? FWIW, I've been using ES daily for several hours for 5 years.
>For a free service, two or three outages for an hour or two in 5 years
>is quite acceptable to me. YMMV.

There is a newsgroup where you can ask questions about Agent.

>
>By the way, I use a definitely not crappy free OS (Linux Mint) instead
>of paying for one I don't need (although I have donated to Mint). If you
>must use Agent, you've got to use Windows or mess around with Wine,
>which can then leave Linux vulnerable to Windows malware. But then I see
>it is possible to use the AUS without using Agent itself
>(https://www.forteinc.com/apn/faq.php#4B384B55BF89E3A188256D64005C7AF7).

Look hard at the subject. It hasn't anything to do with which OS and news
reader/mail tool are best. It is all to do with using crappy free news servers.
NOT free news servers in general.
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Martin in Zuid Holland