Hi, I probably should have given more info. Never quite sure how much to say. -I "appear" to be
reading the newsgroup fine- although I have no way of knowing if I'm getting everything. I get new
posts, threads get updated, etc. -I've tried posting several times over the last couple of weeks and
it hasn't turned up. I've done searches on keywords in my post thinking that maybe it's out there
but under a wierd date, etc., but nothing turned up. I guess the fact that my tech postings are
working normally indicates that this is ok, too. -When I post, I don't get any kind of error
message. The email does show in my sent items folder.
I'm going to try resetting the list. I tried it last night and it went into some kind of loop or
something that ran all night. I'll re-try it and if it doesn't work, I'll probably go to the
alternate news server that several of you mentioned. Thanks! Lyle "Carl Fogel"
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> > Hi, I can post here but not to rec.bicycles.marketplace. I was able to do
so a
> > month or so ago. I'm using a Verizon DSL line with them as my ISP and
using
> > them for access to the newsgroup. I've tried unsubscribing and then re-subscribing. As far as I
> > know, I am connecting the same from rec.bikes.tech and rec.bikes.marketplace. Obviously, I'm
> > connecting to tech.
> >
> > Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Lyle
>
> Dear Lyle,
>
> We have no way of knowing whether you're telling the truth--do you take us for fools? Obviously we
> can connect and post, so you must be lying!
>
> Oh, wait, sorry--that's how we deal with technical bicycling matters. This is entirely different.
> I beg your pardon.
>
> Hmmm . . . other people posted on December 14th from verizon to rec.bicycles.marketplace, so it's
> not a Verizon-wide problem.
>
> You can post to a sister newsgroup, so your machinery is likely well-oiled and in good running
> order . . .
>
> You might just be the victim of one of the occasional long hiccups in your newsgroup server.
>
> That is, when interesting things are happening behind the curtain, you can sometimes see indexes
> of posts, see the posts themselves, even get to the screen where you can post a reply, and then
> find the server coldly rejecting your advances.
>
> How far do you get? Can you see lists of posts in rec.bicycles.marketplace? If so, can you see
> individual posts?
>
> Do you reach any error messages, such as internal server error 500? (That one, for example, means
> that the server really likes you, but is busy washing its hair tonight. The message may take
> longer than you've been willing to wait to come up on screen.)
>
> Could it even be that you posted, but haven't seen your post show up yet? Sometimes posts take
> hours to appear on the more sluggish servers.
>
> More details might help, but I hope that your problem has already fixed itself and never troubles
> you again.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Carl Fogel
