Re: Download headers in a few newsgroups freeze tin?

So any other ideas to try to analyze this problem? I am still getting 
hangs here and there. :(
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On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Phillip Pi wrote:

> I don't think it is my side. I have been to other newsgroups (e.g.,
> comp.sys.mac.system) that take even longer (5 minutes), and have no
> problems.
> 
> Just for kicks, I tried your suggestion:
> 
> $ telnet news.mminternet.com 119
> Trying 216.196.97.142...
> Connected to news.isp.giganews.com (216.196.97.142).
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 200 news.mminternet.net
> mode rwe^H^Header
> 500 syntax error or unknown command
> mode reader
> 200 News.GigaNews.Com
> group alt.games.battlefield1942
> xover 35204                    211 52997 13779 66775 
> alt.games.battlefield1942
> 
> 224 xover information follows
> 35204   Re: New DC Map: Occupied Territories    Flycutter® 
> <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:40:3
> 2 -0500 <[email protected]>    
> <[email protected]> <1
> [email protected]> 
> <[email protected]>  2640    51
> Xref: intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com alt.games.battlefield1942:35204
> .
> quit
> 205 goodbye
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> ant@alpha ant =( $ exit
> 
> Script done on Fri Dec  3 08:02:10 2004
> 
> On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Urs Janßen wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 07:54:28AM -0800, Phillip Pi wrote:
> > > I went AFK during the long header download and it timed out before I came 
> > > back. :)
> > 
> > so the timeout might have been on your side (and thus you only got
> > parts of the overview record) - to veryify this you can try to get
> > the related record manually
> > 	script log
> > 	telnet news 119
> > 	mode reader
> > 	group alt.games.battlefield1942
> > 	xover 35204
> > 	quit
> > 	exit