Re: Paganini

On 19/11/2024 14:50, D wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:27:45 +0000, Jim the Geordie <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 19/11/2024 13:20, D wrote:
>>> On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:50:37 +0000, Jim the Geordie <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Path: news..!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
>>>> From: Jim the Geordie <[email protected]>
> snip
>>>>
>>>> Is my go-to newsserver Paganini down this morning?
>>>> -- 
>>>> Jim the Geordie
>>>
>>> read-only test (using Tor Browser 14.0.2):
>>> http://put.hk/reader.jsp?server=paganini.bofh.team&btnsubmit=Go
>>>> Server: paganini.bofh.team (48687)
>>>> ...
>>>> news.software.readers (274319)
>>>> http://put.hk/headline/paganini.bofh.team/news.software.readers/0.html
>>>> ..
>>>> http://put.hk/article/paganini.bofh.team/news.software.readers/276288.html
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>>>> From:  Jim the Geordie <[email protected]> 	
>>>> Date:  19 Nov 2024 18:50:37 Hong Kong Time
>>>> Newsgroup:  paganini.bofh.team/news.software.readers
>>>> Subject:   Paganini
>>>> NNTP-Posting-Host:  null
>>>>
>>>> Is my go-to newsserver Paganini down this morning?
>>>> -- 
>>>> Jim the Geordie
>>>>
>>> [end quote]
>>>
>> No idea what all that means. but I'm not getting downloads.
> 
> if your newsreader is "user-agent: betterbird (windows)", might ask in
> news:alt.comp.software.thunderbird , might also try another newsreader:
> 
> (using Tor Browser 14.0.2)
> http://usenet-fr.yakakwatik.org/newsreaders.html
>> 1.Introduction
>> 2.Newsreaders
>>    40Tude Dialog (Windows)
>>    Betterbird (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>>    Claws-Mail (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>>    Evolution (Linux)
>>    flnews (Linux, UNIX systems)
>>    Gnus (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>>    Gravity (Windows)
>>    MacCafe (macOS)
>>    MacSOUP (macOS = 10.14)
>>    MesNews (Windows)
>>    ModNewsreader (Android and its forks)
>>    Pan (Linux)
>>    SeaMonkey (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>>    slrn (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>>    Sylpheed (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>>    Thunderbird (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>>    tin (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>>    Xnews (Windows)
>> 3.References and useful links
> [end quote]
> 
> i use several newsreaders, 40tude dialog for downloading and archiving,
> free agent for queue organization and posting, xananews for stats, etc.
> 
Fine. I do that too: Gravity, Xnews and Dialog, but I would prefer to 
use Thunderbird/Betterbird.
That is not the question here.
I like the server Paganini and have been using it regularly for a while 
with setting SSL/TLS Port 563.
It stopped working today, which was my original post.
However, I went back and 'undid' SSL/TLS and the port went to 119 and 
lo-and-behold, down came the posts.
Should I leave it there or do I gain anything by using SSL?
I can also use eternal-september, but it can be flaky although that is 
happy with SSL/TLS.
Confused.
-- 
Jim the Geordie