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"Gerry" wrote in message ...
Testing................1,2,3,4 alt.test is that way -------------------- Ian |
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On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:24:21 +0200, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:10:39 +0100, "Ian F." wrote: "Gerry" wrote in message ... Testing................1,2,3,4 alt.test is that way -------------------- Test posters this way -------- BIN True. I usually plonk test posters immediately. They've gone to the trouble of announcing to the world that they are not only clueless but have a MFFY attitude. So kind of them to same me the effort later. |
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AZ wrote on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:25:50 -0500:
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:24:21 +0200, Martin wrote: On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:10:39 +0100, "Ian F." wrote: "Gerry" wrote in message ... Testing................1,2,3,4 alt.test is that way -------------------- Test posters this way -------- BIN 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. -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not |
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"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. but compared to the trolls, spammers and assorted nutters here, is it that bad? 't is not! Also, how else do you want someone to test whether or not he can successfully post to r.t.e.? |
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Martin:
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:47:10 +0200, Erick T. Barkhuis -o-m wrote: Also, how else do you want someone to test whether or not he can successfully post to r.t.e.? By posting a meaningful message? That wouldn't be a test. He just wanted to test whether or not he could successfully post to r.t.e. If you wanted to test the sound quality in a room, you wouldn't be doing your full speech. Neither would you want to yell "test one two..." in the room nextdoor. Where is the follow up to his test? I wouldn't know. Haven't been looking for one, though. [removing tongue from cheek, now] |
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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. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Hatunen wrote on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:29:41 -0700:
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. True enough but you don't usually just have one news server available if you are feeling paranoid. There are many free servers all of which have test groups. I usually use three, necessarily so since Verizon does not carry many of the groups that interest me and, for Microsoft topics, the MS server is efficient and fast. There is overlap among servers too, for example, news.motzarella.org carries the Microsoft groups and also most of the pitiful few carried by Verizon. -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not |
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Martin wrote on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:58:54 +0200:
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 -- Unfortunately, alt.test is far from universal. It is not available on Verizon or Microsoft tho' it is on motzarella. There is a Verizon test group but it is 0.verizon.test. I have found that if I can post to any news server's test group I can post to any group carried by that server, unless it is a moderated group requiring registration. -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not |
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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. Once upon a time you could send a test message to misc.test and a whole bunch of servers carrying the group would send you responses. I don't think it does that anymore. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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