Where did it go?

It's been a bit up and down recently but it's still working for me. I'm not affected directly by it coming and going because I run my own little news server which collects and sends Usenet messages in the background, my newsreader program can always connect to the local news server so it's always 'instantaneous'.

Ok here at the moment.

E-S has some routine where the server is "paused", some activity takes place, and the server is put back online again.

The administrator is having a problem with that, a recent problem. The server enters the "paused" state at the scheduled time, but the server does not go back to the online state again on its own. The administrator is not staring at the screen when this happens, and mostly the server is scripted for all the behaviors. It's only when the thing screws up like it is, that it needs debug and work.

Both E-S and AIOE are in a COLO, and not in the administrators basement. They cannot physically touch the server, because it is under lock and key. They can only "remote in" and work on it.

Paul

Yes - back on now. It's why I use both NES and AIOE - chances of both being down, remote. But perhaps some newsreaders don't make this as easy as this one does.

Mine visits both, but only downloads the same post from one, so looks for duplicates.

Well, It it was guaranteed accessible then I'd use it but of course its not something that you find in reviews and then you still have a steep learning curve to know its shortcuts or gestures etc. Brian