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On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:50:40 +0200, Martin
wrote: On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:37:56 -0700, Hatunen wrote: On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:25:41 -0500, AZ Nomad 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. alt.test is global misc.test is global unless you are working for your ISP and testing their newserver setup for them, you only need to be able to post to a local newsgroup. You can post to any newsgroup your local server stores, and even if you local news server is not connected to the outside world for the momen, you will see your message appear. But you have no way of knowing your local news server is, in fact, propagating it outerward. Take a look at the headers on any message you have posted and notice that they do not tell you your message went anywhere else. It doesn't need to. If you are using a news server it will broadcast your message to other news servers by definition. If it doesn't then by definition it isn't a news server. The question here was how to find out if your news server actually is propagating out. The best way may be to send a test message to a group full of irascible people and when you get a nasty response you'll know it worked. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:37:56 -0700, Hatunen wrote:
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:25:41 -0500, AZ Nomad 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. alt.test is global misc.test is global unless you are working for your ISP and testing their newserver setup for them, you only need to be able to post to a local newsgroup. You can post to any newsgroup your local server stores, and even if you local news server is not connected to the outside world for the momen, you will see your message appear. But you have no way of knowing your local news server is, in fact, propagating it outerward. so what? Making an ass of yourself by posting test messages in a discussion newsgroup won't tell you anything you can't discover in a test newsgroup. Take a look at the headers on any message you have posted and notice that they do not tell you your message went anywhere else. irrelevent |
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On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:57:10 -0700, Hatunen wrote:
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:50:40 +0200, Martin wrote: On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:37:56 -0700, Hatunen wrote: On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:25:41 -0500, AZ Nomad 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. alt.test is global misc.test is global unless you are working for your ISP and testing their newserver setup for them, you only need to be able to post to a local newsgroup. You can post to any newsgroup your local server stores, and even if you local news server is not connected to the outside world for the momen, you will see your message appear. But you have no way of knowing your local news server is, in fact, propagating it outerward. Take a look at the headers on any message you have posted and notice that they do not tell you your message went anywhere else. It doesn't need to. If you are using a news server it will broadcast your message to other news servers by definition. If it doesn't then by definition it isn't a news server. The question here was how to find out if your news server actually is propagating out. The best way may be to send a test message to a group full of irascible people and when you get a nasty response you'll know it worked. Sure. plonk |
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On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:13:47 -0500, AZ Nomad
wrote: On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:37:56 -0700, Hatunen wrote: You can post to any newsgroup your local server stores, and even if you local news server is not connected to the outside world for the momen, you will see your message appear. But you have no way of knowing your local news server is, in fact, propagating it outerward. so what? Making an ass of yourself by posting test messages in a discussion newsgroup won't tell you anything you can't discover in a test newsgroup. The one difference is that you will see your message in a test group (or any group, for that matter) even if it didn't leave our local news server. The only way to know your test got propagated is to get a reply, snarky or not, from someone. At oe time misc.test did this for you. You have to think about how Usenet works. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Hatunen wrote:
[...] The only way to know your test got propagated is to get a reply, snarky or not, from someone. Or check google groups... -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate. www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)- "The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009) |
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On 16 Apr 2009 19:21:26 GMT, "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)"
wrote: Hatunen wrote: [...] The only way to know your test got propagated is to get a reply, snarky or not, from someone. Or check google groups... That would be the simplest thing to do, I suppose, if you can stand Googlegroups. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Hatunen wrote:
On 16 Apr 2009 19:21:26 GMT, "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote: Hatunen wrote: [...] The only way to know your test got propagated is to get a reply, snarky or not, from someone. Or check google groups... That would be the simplest thing to do, I suppose, if you can stand Googlegroups. There's nothing to have to "stand"- you simply check if your post is there. David -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate. www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)- "The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009) |
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On Apr 16, 10:16*pm, Hatunen wrote:
On 16 Apr 2009 19:21:26 GMT, "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote: Hatunen wrote: [...] The only way to know your test got propagated is to get a reply, snarky or not, from someone. Or check google groups... That would be the simplest thing to do, I suppose, if you can stand Googlegroups. -- * ************** DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * ** * * * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * * * * * ** My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * Googlegroups - the best ! |
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On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:45:04 +0200, Martin
wrote: On 16 Apr 2009 20:22:35 GMT, "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote: Hatunen wrote: On 16 Apr 2009 19:21:26 GMT, "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote: Hatunen wrote: [...] The only way to know your test got propagated is to get a reply, snarky or not, from someone. Or check google groups... That would be the simplest thing to do, I suppose, if you can stand Googlegroups. There's nothing to have to "stand"- you simply check if your post is there. This thread makes Mixi look even more sensible than he is. Of course what we should have done was ignore all those who think their NNTP server doesn't broadcast their messages to other news servers. ) It's supposed to, anyway. I've had a number of occasions when cox.net failed to do so for some period of time, which is why I now use a server operated by a listmate. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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