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Hi all,
I've noticed, when using google to look through the newsgroup archives,
that the news gateway still seems unreliable. (I switched from news to
mail a few months back for this reason). For example, I replied
yesterday to the "order by a XML column" message, and my reply came back
to me (and is in the mail archives) but hasn't appeared in the newsgroup
version (this is using a newsreader attached to news.postgresql.org - so
the google archive won't have it either).
I don't know what (if anything) can be done about this -but if people
are looking for answers on the newsgroups they may think we're being
unfriendly when they don't get an answer.
Regards
John
John Gray wrote:
Hi all,
I've noticed, when using google to look through the newsgroup archives,
that the news gateway still seems unreliable. (I switched from news to
mail a few months back for this reason). For example, I replied
yesterday to the "order by a XML column" message, and my reply came back
to me (and is in the mail archives) but hasn't appeared in the newsgroup
version (this is using a newsreader attached to news.postgresql.org - so
the google archive won't have it either).I don't know what (if anything) can be done about this -but if people
are looking for answers on the newsgroups they may think we're being
unfriendly when they don't get an answer.
Yes, I have seen the same thing. Marc wants to know if it shows in at
NNTP server news.postgresql.org. I just attached to it and can see
messages, so please verify the missing messages against that server and
report back. Thanks.
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I am sorry, if I am asking a stupid question. I am new to this mailing list,
just subscribed yesterday... I did not know about the news server being available
until I read this thread...<br>
I'd really prefer to use a news reader over receiving e-mails, if possible...<br>
So, I went to news.postgresql.org and subscribed to com.databases.postgres.general
(is it the right one?). Somehow, the messages I see there are COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT than what I received by mail (what's in mail is not in the news,
and what's in the news is not in the mail)...<br>
Am I just looking at a wrong server/group? Or am I missing something else
here?<br>
<br>
I'd greatly appreciate any help. Thank you very much!<br>
<br>
Dima<br>
<br>
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On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 15:30, Bruce Momjian wrote:
John Gray wrote:
Hi all,
I've noticed, when using google to look through the newsgroup archives,
that the news gateway still seems unreliable. (I switched from news to
mail a few months back for this reason). For example, I replied
yesterday to the "order by a XML column" message, and my reply came back
to me (and is in the mail archives) but hasn't appeared in the newsgroup
version (this is using a newsreader attached to news.postgresql.org - so
the google archive won't have it either).I don't know what (if anything) can be done about this -but if people
are looking for answers on the newsgroups they may think we're being
unfriendly when they don't get an answer.Yes, I have seen the same thing. Marc wants to know if it shows in at
NNTP server news.postgresql.org. I just attached to it and can see
messages, so please verify the missing messages against that server and
report back. Thanks.
The NNTP server news.postgresql.org is the one I'm using -the postgresql
groups aren't carried by my ISP (are they official?).
The only two messages from the "order by a XML column" thread on the
news server are the original, and a reply by Joseph Scraibman.
There are certainly messages on the news server, but they don't
consistute all the messages posted to -general.
Regards
John