XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.fan.tolkien   
   From: giles@poetic.com   
      
   Steuard Jensen wrote:   
   > Stan Brown wrote:   
   >   
   >>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:03:13 +0200 from Steve Hayes   
   >>:   
   >>   
   >>>There don't seem to have been any new messages in the Inklings newsgroups   
   for   
   >>>some time.   
   >   
   >   
   >>It must be your news server.  Traffic has been steady, though light,   
   >>in r.a.b.t.   
   >   
   >   
   > There's activity in alt.fan.tolkien, too (it has even had Top 10   
   > threads/posters lists again lately); I've posted a bit to both in the   
   > past couple of weeks.   
   >   
   > But that was using my Usenet access at work.  This thread is the first   
   > new message to show up on my home newsfeed (through Verizon DSL) since   
   > June 1, and the one before that was on May 15 (both posts were sent by   
   > Sean_Q_).  Verizon has not supported the alt.* hierarchy for ages.  So I   
   > can only reliably participate in Usenet from work, where I don't really   
   > have the time for much anyway.  (I have no idea what my situation will   
   > be after I move this summer, for the record.)  I get the impression that   
   > this message will still show up to the outside world, though: the   
   > problem is just on the receiving end.  (Right?)   
      
   I've been having problems as well....esp. since this past weekend.  I'm   
   receiving messages, but can not always post....   
      
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