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On Mar 27, 2026 at 3:54:35rC>AM CDT, "Colin Macleod" <
user7@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) posted:
Jesse Rehmer <jesse.rehmer@blueworldhosting.com> wrote:
On Mar 18, 2026 at 2:22:07 AM CDT, "Colin Macleod"
<user7@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Jesse Rehmer <jesse.rehmer@blueworldhosting.com> posted:
Sorry about that everyone... unexpected maintenance that has now completed.
HEADS UP: I will be taking down the current archive and will be replacing it
with a much deeper archive over the coming days. This operation could take
several days to more than a week to complete.
The result should be a (mostly) complete archive from 1981 forward.
That's good news! Will this update involve renumbering of groups?
Yes, it does! I will be sorting the articles in chronological order before >>> feeding them to the new server to give a better user experience when looking
through the archives with a newsreader.
Is this done now? Your website still only mentions having articles
from "2003+". If so, I'll try to cache all the overviews for all my
subscribed groups in Tin when I've got a suitable internet
connection (I assume there's no limit on the length of overview
downloads?).
I would also like to know when this switchover happens. I will need to
make some adjustments on Newsgrouper to resync with the updated counts.
I will make an announcement with a date the server will go down once I'm ready to make the switch (I don't have a firm answer for how long it will be down).
Anyone with overview information will want to do what they need with their specific client to re-sync article numbering.
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