This is a very busy ng but ...

Think `Bank Holiday'. Anyone that would read or post to uk.d-i-y was presumably out there doing it themselves.

There have been plenty.

Quite possibly, with your news server.

Are eyes open? / \ Yes No | | Are spectacles on? Open eyes. / \ Yes No | \ Consult Replace doctor spectacles

There have been problems with both mail and news over the last few days, but there have been quite a few posts to this group since this time yesterday.

:-) Great answer :-)

The Sasser virus for one. I hope you have the latest definitions on your AVS.

Also you are using OE with news.zetnet.net, try reading from:

Mailgate tends to go down quite often but it is fast if you are signed in. If the home page is in Italian get a Google translation. The last time I looked they were only accepting eyties.

Good luck.