On 15 Dec 2006 07:57:33 -0800, "walt" wrote:

For years I have used Agent for communicating with
rec.radio.amateur.antenna. My cable connection is with Brighthouse, who
connects with Earthlink for accessing the news groups.

However, on Dec 8 my connection stopped adding headers to Agent. The
msg at the bottom left corner of the screen initially says 'connected',
but then immediately says 'finished retrieving new headers', but no new
headers appear.

I finally found this way to access rraa through a Google entry. Can
anyone tell me what is wrong with the connection to Agent through
Earthlink for the newsgroups?

Walt, W2DU

The news server is busted and the idiots that work there can't fix it!
They haven't add a group in years and have forgotten how to fix it.
I dumped the bums and am now with Worldnet.att
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Last Updated on: 12/13/2006 11:18:22

Customers utilizing Earthlink's DSL and Home phone service may
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are aware of the issue and are working as quickly as possible to
resolve the issue.
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It went down the 8th and if you call for help they blame it on YOUR
machine. Fxxx them!