Ouch... That, quite simply, sucks. I subscribe to Erols Pc and have yet to
run into any changes or limitations in any way. That's not to say that it'll
never happen, but what IBM.NET has done would be enough for me to shop else
where.
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>A while back someone was having problems with their isp's
>newsservers, and someone understood what the problem was and
>suggested that they ask their isp if the isp was using news software
>that was RFC ??? compliant. Is there anything applicable in this
>case that I might ask ibm?
>
Nope. The only problem is that your isp needs more resources to support the
user load.
>I already know why they did this, a note was sent that 2% of the
>users were using more than 2 connections and were using 16% of the
>system resources. But I can't imagine how this change will have
>helped, won't those people have to stay on line longer?
Absolutely. I would recommend that you automate your mail/newsgroup run and
have it execute during your rest time. Be sure to allow it to "get everything"
you desire to read and just live with it. Otherwise, complain like hell and
shop else where are your only other two options.
>The only
>solution I have now is to set the max size limit to something like 5
>or 6 meg, and let Yarn go at it after I go to bed, but this will
>mean being online for several hours as opposed to being online for 5
>minutes several times a day, just to deal with the high traffic
>newsgroups. I used to run a catch-up about once a week immediatly
>after a "get news"
>
Exactly what I was thinking. Uhhmm why do you set a size limit on your mail
runs? I disable the limit and grab it all...
>I am going to send ibm an email explaining why I am unhappy with the
>change, and if anyone can give me any ideas to mention in the email
>it would be very helpful.
Shoot straight from the hip and tell 'em what you said here. They did nothing
to fix the problem by chopping the number of connects to two. You'll still
get what you want, just take a bit longer getting it. It would seem to me that
an isp would want the users to "get on and off" as quickly as possible. My
favorite line is... "you suck!"...
>I realize that big blue isn't going to
>change back to the way it was before just because I am upset, but
>I'm going to tell them anyway. The have ruined the functionality of
>my news client, and I'm really sad about it.
>
Hmmm sounds a lot like a line I remember form an old movie... "I'm mad as hell
and I'm not gonna' take it!"
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