On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:33:00 -0700, Hatunen wrote:
>On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:57:52 +0200, Martin
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:53:54 -0700, Hatunen wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:58:54 +0200, Martin
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:29:41 -0700, Hatunen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:16:09 GMT, "James Silverton"
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>AFAIK, all news servers have had test groups practically since they
>>>>>>started. It is amazing how the news has not reached some people, tho' I
>>>>>>have to admit that it is possible to make a mistake.
>>>>>
>>>>>The problem with this is that by using your own ISP's news server
>>>>>you are only testing whether your message propagates to other
>>>>>users of your ISP and not globally.
>>>>
>>>>Isn't that the reason for the globally accessible test newsgroups like alt.test
>>>
>>>Since I can access alt.test only because it is a group kept on my
>>>local news server it would still only tell me that I could post
>>>to my local groups. It's not as if there were a central news
>>>server somewhere.
>>
>>The general idea is that each news server propagates to other news servers.
>>
>>If yours doesn't, I would look else where.
>
>Come, come. How do you find out if your message is propagating
>beyond your local news server if your local news server is the
>only one you are accessing?
The last part of your sentence is a dumb condition. There is nothing to stop you
using another news server, there are several free news servers and a good text
only server costs €10/annum. In the worst case you could even use Google News to
check.
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Martin
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