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Thunderbird and Eternal September have been working fine for me for weeks now but today, they suddenly went squirrelly again. I tried to click on posts in this newsgroup and got messages about the post having expired even though it was new yesterday.
I did what I normally do when this happens - this is not the first time in recent months that I've had trouble - and unsubscribed/resubscribed to this newsgroup, only to find that there are no threads in this newsgroup at all. This is far from the first time that this has happened either.
Then I came to Newsgrouper and started this post to see if anyone could advise me what was wrong today.
And then I remembered what had ultimately saved the day the last time this nonsense happened, which kept me off Usenet for a couple of days: I closed and re-opened Thunderbird.
PROBLEM SOLVED: I was able to get a list of threads and posts for this newsgroup and read posts. I assume I'll have no trouble posting when I want to.
I'm delighted that I've got a simple, reliable way to fix this problem but I'm baffled by what the actual problem is. How can I prevent this from happening again? Given that closing and re-opening Thunderbird solves the problem, I'm strongly inclined to think Tbird is why it happens, notwithstanding all the trouble Anim had the past few days with EasyNews/Eternal September.
I know I'm not the only Thunderbird user here; do any of the rest of you have these problems too and resolve them the same way?
Thunderbird and Eternal September have been working fine for me for weeks now but today, they suddenly went squirrelly again. I tried to click on posts in this newsgroup and got messages about the post having expired even though it was new yesterday.
I did what I normally do when this happens - this is not the first time in recent months that I've had trouble - and unsubscribed/resubscribed to this newsgroup, only to find that there are no threads in this newsgroup at all. This is far from the first time that this has happened either.
Then I came to Newsgrouper and started this post to see if anyone could advise me what was wrong today.
And then I remembered what had ultimately saved the day the last time this nonsense happened, which kept me off Usenet for a couple of days: I closed and re-opened Thunderbird.
PROBLEM SOLVED: I was able to get a list of threads and posts for this newsgroup and read posts. I assume I'll have no trouble posting when I want to.
I'm delighted that I've got a simple, reliable way to fix this problem but I'm baffled by what the actual problem is. How can I prevent this from happening again? Given that closing and re-opening Thunderbird solves the problem, I'm strongly inclined to think Tbird is why it happens, notwithstanding all the trouble Anim had the past few days with EasyNews/Eternal September.
I know I'm not the only Thunderbird user here; do any of the rest of you have these problems too and resolve them the same way?
On 8/29/2025 1:35 PM, rhino wrote:
I'm a TB user on E-S.-a I never have this problem but then I don't leave
Thunderbird and Eternal September have been working fine for me for
weeks now but today, they suddenly went squirrelly again. I tried to
click on posts in this newsgroup and got messages about the post
having expired even though it was new yesterday.
I did what I normally do when this happens - this is not the first
time in recent months that I've had trouble - and unsubscribed/
resubscribed to this newsgroup, only to find that there are no threads
in this newsgroup at all. This is far from the first time that this
has happened either.
Then I came to Newsgrouper and started this post to see if anyone
could advise me what was wrong today.
And then I remembered what had ultimately saved the day the last time
this nonsense happened, which kept me off Usenet for a couple of days:
I closed and re-opened Thunderbird.
PROBLEM SOLVED: I was able to get a list of threads and posts for this
newsgroup and read posts. I assume I'll have no trouble posting when I
want to.
I'm delighted that I've got a simple, reliable way to fix this problem
but I'm baffled by what the actual problem is. How can I prevent this
from happening again? Given that closing and re-opening Thunderbird
solves the problem, I'm strongly inclined to think Tbird is why it
happens, notwithstanding all the trouble Anim had the past few days
with EasyNews/Eternal September.
I know I'm not the only Thunderbird user here; do any of the rest of
you have these problems too and resolve them the same way?
TB up and running.-a I start it up, read the news groups and then shut TB down.-a Why leave it open if I'm not reading stuff on it?
On 2025-08-29 8:53 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 8/29/2025 1:35 PM, rhino wrote:I may have to adopt your strategy after I finally replace this aging
I'm a TB user on E-S.-a I never have this problem but then I don't leave
Thunderbird and Eternal September have been working fine for me for
weeks now but today, they suddenly went squirrelly again. I tried to
click on posts in this newsgroup and got messages about the post
having expired even though it was new yesterday.
I did what I normally do when this happens - this is not the first
time in recent months that I've had trouble - and unsubscribed/
resubscribed to this newsgroup, only to find that there are no threads
in this newsgroup at all. This is far from the first time that this
has happened either.
Then I came to Newsgrouper and started this post to see if anyone
could advise me what was wrong today.
And then I remembered what had ultimately saved the day the last time
this nonsense happened, which kept me off Usenet for a couple of days:
I closed and re-opened Thunderbird.
PROBLEM SOLVED: I was able to get a list of threads and posts for this
newsgroup and read posts. I assume I'll have no trouble posting when I
want to.
I'm delighted that I've got a simple, reliable way to fix this problem
but I'm baffled by what the actual problem is. How can I prevent this
from happening again? Given that closing and re-opening Thunderbird
solves the problem, I'm strongly inclined to think Tbird is why it
happens, notwithstanding all the trouble Anim had the past few days
with EasyNews/Eternal September.
I know I'm not the only Thunderbird user here; do any of the rest of
you have these problems too and resolve them the same way?
TB up and running.-a I start it up, read the news groups and then shut TB >> down.-a Why leave it open if I'm not reading stuff on it?
laptop. it's pushing 10 years old and opening apps has been painfully
slow for the past couple of years so I basically leave everything open
all the time to avoid the delays of having to wait for things to open. >(Reboots of the whole computer literally take an HOUR counting the time
it takes to open the handful of things I use most.)
On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:12:21 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-08-29 8:53 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 8/29/2025 1:35 PM, rhino wrote:I may have to adopt your strategy after I finally replace this aging
I'm a TB user on E-S.-a I never have this problem but then I don't leave >>> TB up and running.-a I start it up, read the news groups and then shut TB >>> down.-a Why leave it open if I'm not reading stuff on it?
Thunderbird and Eternal September have been working fine for me for
weeks now but today, they suddenly went squirrelly again. I tried to
click on posts in this newsgroup and got messages about the post
having expired even though it was new yesterday.
I did what I normally do when this happens - this is not the first
time in recent months that I've had trouble - and unsubscribed/
resubscribed to this newsgroup, only to find that there are no threads >>>> in this newsgroup at all. This is far from the first time that this
has happened either.
Then I came to Newsgrouper and started this post to see if anyone
could advise me what was wrong today.
And then I remembered what had ultimately saved the day the last time
this nonsense happened, which kept me off Usenet for a couple of days: >>>> I closed and re-opened Thunderbird.
PROBLEM SOLVED: I was able to get a list of threads and posts for this >>>> newsgroup and read posts. I assume I'll have no trouble posting when I >>>> want to.
I'm delighted that I've got a simple, reliable way to fix this problem >>>> but I'm baffled by what the actual problem is. How can I prevent this
from happening again? Given that closing and re-opening Thunderbird
solves the problem, I'm strongly inclined to think Tbird is why it
happens, notwithstanding all the trouble Anim had the past few days
with EasyNews/Eternal September.
I know I'm not the only Thunderbird user here; do any of the rest of
you have these problems too and resolve them the same way?
laptop. it's pushing 10 years old and opening apps has been painfully
slow for the past couple of years so I basically leave everything open
all the time to avoid the delays of having to wait for things to open.
(Reboots of the whole computer literally take an HOUR counting the time
it takes to open the handful of things I use most.)
Sounds like it is booting off a hard drive. You would be surprised at
how much of a speed boost you can get from just booting off a SATA SSD
or a NVME SSD. I added a SATA SSD to my old PC some years back and it
more than halved the boot time off the 7200RPM HD. Plus they are so
cheap now it's easy to get one.
On 2025-08-29 8:53 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 8/29/2025 1:35 PM, rhino wrote:I may have to adopt your strategy after I finally replace this aging
I'm a TB user on E-S.-a I never have this problem but then I don't
Thunderbird and Eternal September have been working fine for me for
weeks now but today, they suddenly went squirrelly again. I tried to
click on posts in this newsgroup and got messages about the post
having expired even though it was new yesterday.
I did what I normally do when this happens - this is not the first
time in recent months that I've had trouble - and unsubscribed/
resubscribed to this newsgroup, only to find that there are no
threads in this newsgroup at all. This is far from the first time
that this has happened either.
Then I came to Newsgrouper and started this post to see if anyone
could advise me what was wrong today.
And then I remembered what had ultimately saved the day the last time
this nonsense happened, which kept me off Usenet for a couple of
days: I closed and re-opened Thunderbird.
PROBLEM SOLVED: I was able to get a list of threads and posts for
this newsgroup and read posts. I assume I'll have no trouble posting
when I want to.
I'm delighted that I've got a simple, reliable way to fix this
problem but I'm baffled by what the actual problem is. How can I
prevent this from happening again? Given that closing and re-opening
Thunderbird solves the problem, I'm strongly inclined to think Tbird
is why it happens, notwithstanding all the trouble Anim had the past
few days with EasyNews/Eternal September.
I know I'm not the only Thunderbird user here; do any of the rest of
you have these problems too and resolve them the same way?
leave TB up and running.-a I start it up, read the news groups and then
shut TB down.-a Why leave it open if I'm not reading stuff on it?
laptop. it's pushing 10 years old and opening apps has been painfully
slow for the past couple of years so I basically leave everything open
all the time to avoid the delays of having to wait for things to open. (Reboots of the whole computer literally take an HOUR counting the time
it takes to open the handful of things I use most.)
On 2025-08-29 10:46 PM, shawn wrote:
On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:12:21 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-08-29 8:53 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 8/29/2025 1:35 PM, rhino wrote:I may have to adopt your strategy after I finally replace this aging
I'm a TB user on E-S.a I never have this problem but then I don't leave >>>> TB up and running.a I start it up, read the news groups and then shut TB >>>> down.a Why leave it open if I'm not reading stuff on it?
Thunderbird and Eternal September have been working fine for me for
weeks now but today, they suddenly went squirrelly again. I tried to >>>>> click on posts in this newsgroup and got messages about the post
having expired even though it was new yesterday.
I did what I normally do when this happens - this is not the first
time in recent months that I've had trouble - and unsubscribed/
resubscribed to this newsgroup, only to find that there are no threads >>>>> in this newsgroup at all. This is far from the first time that this
has happened either.
Then I came to Newsgrouper and started this post to see if anyone
could advise me what was wrong today.
And then I remembered what had ultimately saved the day the last time >>>>> this nonsense happened, which kept me off Usenet for a couple of days: >>>>> I closed and re-opened Thunderbird.
PROBLEM SOLVED: I was able to get a list of threads and posts for this >>>>> newsgroup and read posts. I assume I'll have no trouble posting when I >>>>> want to.
I'm delighted that I've got a simple, reliable way to fix this problem >>>>> but I'm baffled by what the actual problem is. How can I prevent this >>>>> from happening again? Given that closing and re-opening Thunderbird
solves the problem, I'm strongly inclined to think Tbird is why it
happens, notwithstanding all the trouble Anim had the past few days
with EasyNews/Eternal September.
I know I'm not the only Thunderbird user here; do any of the rest of >>>>> you have these problems too and resolve them the same way?
laptop. it's pushing 10 years old and opening apps has been painfully
slow for the past couple of years so I basically leave everything open
all the time to avoid the delays of having to wait for things to open.
(Reboots of the whole computer literally take an HOUR counting the time
it takes to open the handful of things I use most.)
Sounds like it is booting off a hard drive. You would be surprised at
how much of a speed boost you can get from just booting off a SATA SSD
or a NVME SSD. I added a SATA SSD to my old PC some years back and it
more than halved the boot time off the 7200RPM HD. Plus they are so
cheap now it's easy to get one.
SSD's were just starting to come into use when I bought this laptop
(which does NOT have an SSD); now I doubt you can get a new laptop
WITHOUT an SSD (well, maybe with a special order).... Every set of specs
I see for new computers has an SSD. Clearly, my boot times should be a
lot better on the next computer.
On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 23:27:16 -0400, Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-08-29 10:46 PM, shawn wrote:
On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:12:21 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-08-29 8:53 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 8/29/2025 1:35 PM, rhino wrote:I may have to adopt your strategy after I finally replace this aging
I'm a TB user on E-S.-a I never have this problem but then I don't leave >>>>> TB up and running.-a I start it up, read the news groups and then shut TB >>>>> down.-a Why leave it open if I'm not reading stuff on it?
Thunderbird and Eternal September have been working fine for me for >>>>>> weeks now but today, they suddenly went squirrelly again. I tried to >>>>>> click on posts in this newsgroup and got messages about the post
having expired even though it was new yesterday.
I did what I normally do when this happens - this is not the first >>>>>> time in recent months that I've had trouble - and unsubscribed/
resubscribed to this newsgroup, only to find that there are no threads >>>>>> in this newsgroup at all. This is far from the first time that this >>>>>> has happened either.
Then I came to Newsgrouper and started this post to see if anyone
could advise me what was wrong today.
And then I remembered what had ultimately saved the day the last time >>>>>> this nonsense happened, which kept me off Usenet for a couple of days: >>>>>> I closed and re-opened Thunderbird.
PROBLEM SOLVED: I was able to get a list of threads and posts for this >>>>>> newsgroup and read posts. I assume I'll have no trouble posting when I >>>>>> want to.
I'm delighted that I've got a simple, reliable way to fix this problem >>>>>> but I'm baffled by what the actual problem is. How can I prevent this >>>>>> from happening again? Given that closing and re-opening Thunderbird >>>>>> solves the problem, I'm strongly inclined to think Tbird is why it >>>>>> happens, notwithstanding all the trouble Anim had the past few days >>>>>> with EasyNews/Eternal September.
I know I'm not the only Thunderbird user here; do any of the rest of >>>>>> you have these problems too and resolve them the same way?
laptop. it's pushing 10 years old and opening apps has been painfully
slow for the past couple of years so I basically leave everything open >>>> all the time to avoid the delays of having to wait for things to open. >>>> (Reboots of the whole computer literally take an HOUR counting the time >>>> it takes to open the handful of things I use most.)
Sounds like it is booting off a hard drive. You would be surprised at
how much of a speed boost you can get from just booting off a SATA SSD
or a NVME SSD. I added a SATA SSD to my old PC some years back and it
more than halved the boot time off the 7200RPM HD. Plus they are so
cheap now it's easy to get one.
SSD's were just starting to come into use when I bought this laptop
(which does NOT have an SSD); now I doubt you can get a new laptop
WITHOUT an SSD (well, maybe with a special order).... Every set of specs
I see for new computers has an SSD. Clearly, my boot times should be a
lot better on the next computer.
I assume you're running Windows? Might be a good time to upgrade your computer since Microsoft stops supporting windows 10 in October.
On 2025-08-30 8:33 AM, EGK wrote:
On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 23:27:16 -0400, Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> >> wrote:
On 2025-08-29 10:46 PM, shawn wrote:
On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:12:21 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-08-29 8:53 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 8/29/2025 1:35 PM, rhino wrote:I may have to adopt your strategy after I finally replace this aging >>>>> laptop. it's pushing 10 years old and opening apps has been painfully >>>>> slow for the past couple of years so I basically leave everything open >>>>> all the time to avoid the delays of having to wait for things to open. >>>>> (Reboots of the whole computer literally take an HOUR counting the time >>>>> it takes to open the handful of things I use most.)
I'm a TB user on E-S.a I never have this problem but then I don't leave >>>>>> TB up and running.a I start it up, read the news groups and then shut TB >>>>>> down.a Why leave it open if I'm not reading stuff on it?
Thunderbird and Eternal September have been working fine for me for >>>>>>> weeks now but today, they suddenly went squirrelly again. I tried to >>>>>>> click on posts in this newsgroup and got messages about the post >>>>>>> having expired even though it was new yesterday.
I did what I normally do when this happens - this is not the first >>>>>>> time in recent months that I've had trouble - and unsubscribed/
resubscribed to this newsgroup, only to find that there are no threads >>>>>>> in this newsgroup at all. This is far from the first time that this >>>>>>> has happened either.
Then I came to Newsgrouper and started this post to see if anyone >>>>>>> could advise me what was wrong today.
And then I remembered what had ultimately saved the day the last time >>>>>>> this nonsense happened, which kept me off Usenet for a couple of days: >>>>>>> I closed and re-opened Thunderbird.
PROBLEM SOLVED: I was able to get a list of threads and posts for this >>>>>>> newsgroup and read posts. I assume I'll have no trouble posting when I >>>>>>> want to.
I'm delighted that I've got a simple, reliable way to fix this problem >>>>>>> but I'm baffled by what the actual problem is. How can I prevent this >>>>>>> from happening again? Given that closing and re-opening Thunderbird >>>>>>> solves the problem, I'm strongly inclined to think Tbird is why it >>>>>>> happens, notwithstanding all the trouble Anim had the past few days >>>>>>> with EasyNews/Eternal September.
I know I'm not the only Thunderbird user here; do any of the rest of >>>>>>> you have these problems too and resolve them the same way?
Sounds like it is booting off a hard drive. You would be surprised at
how much of a speed boost you can get from just booting off a SATA SSD >>>> or a NVME SSD. I added a SATA SSD to my old PC some years back and it
more than halved the boot time off the 7200RPM HD. Plus they are so
cheap now it's easy to get one.
SSD's were just starting to come into use when I bought this laptop
(which does NOT have an SSD); now I doubt you can get a new laptop
WITHOUT an SSD (well, maybe with a special order).... Every set of specs >>> I see for new computers has an SSD. Clearly, my boot times should be a
lot better on the next computer.
I assume you're running Windows? Might be a good time to upgrade your
computer since Microsoft stops supporting windows 10 in October.
Yes, that's what Windows keeps telling me :-)
I definitely want a new computer but I'm hearing that Windows 11 is not
very good. Macs are crazy expensive or I might go that way.
Thunderbird and Eternal September have been working fine for me for
weeks now but today, they suddenly went squirrelly again. I tried to
click on posts in this newsgroup and got messages about the post having >expired even though it was new yesterday.
I did what I normally do when this happens - this is not the first time
in recent months that I've had trouble - and unsubscribed/resubscribed
to this newsgroup, only to find that there are no threads in this
newsgroup at all. This is far from the first time that this has
happened either.
Then I came to Newsgrouper and started this post to see if anyone could >advise me what was wrong today.
And then I remembered what had ultimately saved the day the last time
this nonsense happened, which kept me off Usenet for a couple of days:
I closed and re-opened Thunderbird.
PROBLEM SOLVED: I was able to get a list of threads and posts for this >newsgroup and read posts. I assume I'll have no trouble posting when I
want to.
I'm delighted that I've got a simple, reliable way to fix this problem
but I'm baffled by what the actual problem is. How can I prevent this
from happening again? Given that closing and re-opening Thunderbird
solves the problem, I'm strongly inclined to think Tbird is why it
happens, notwithstanding all the trouble Anim had the past few days
with EasyNews/Eternal September.
I know I'm not the only Thunderbird user here; do any of the rest of
you have these problems too and resolve them the same way?
On 2025-08-29 8:53 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:^
. . .
I'm a TB user on E-S.-a I never have this problem but then I don't leave
^TB up and running.-a I start it up, read the news groups and then shut TB
^down.-a Why leave it open if I'm not reading stuff on it?
I may have to adopt your strategy after I finally replace this aging
laptop. it's pushing 10 years old and opening apps has been painfully
slow for the past couple of years so I basically leave everything open
all the time to avoid the delays of having to wait for things to open. >(Reboots of the whole computer literally take an HOUR counting the time
it takes to open the handful of things I use most.)
On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:12:21 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-08-29 8:53 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 8/29/2025 1:35 PM, rhino wrote:I may have to adopt your strategy after I finally replace this aging
I'm a TB user on E-S.-a I never have this problem but then I don't leave >>> TB up and running.-a I start it up, read the news groups and then shut TB >>> down.-a Why leave it open if I'm not reading stuff on it?
Thunderbird and Eternal September have been working fine for me for
weeks now but today, they suddenly went squirrelly again. I tried to
click on posts in this newsgroup and got messages about the post
having expired even though it was new yesterday.
I did what I normally do when this happens - this is not the first
time in recent months that I've had trouble - and unsubscribed/
resubscribed to this newsgroup, only to find that there are no threads >>>> in this newsgroup at all. This is far from the first time that this
has happened either.
Then I came to Newsgrouper and started this post to see if anyone
could advise me what was wrong today.
And then I remembered what had ultimately saved the day the last time
this nonsense happened, which kept me off Usenet for a couple of days: >>>> I closed and re-opened Thunderbird.
PROBLEM SOLVED: I was able to get a list of threads and posts for this >>>> newsgroup and read posts. I assume I'll have no trouble posting when I >>>> want to.
I'm delighted that I've got a simple, reliable way to fix this problem >>>> but I'm baffled by what the actual problem is. How can I prevent this
from happening again? Given that closing and re-opening Thunderbird
solves the problem, I'm strongly inclined to think Tbird is why it
happens, notwithstanding all the trouble Anim had the past few days
with EasyNews/Eternal September.
I know I'm not the only Thunderbird user here; do any of the rest of
you have these problems too and resolve them the same way?
laptop. it's pushing 10 years old and opening apps has been painfully
slow for the past couple of years so I basically leave everything open
all the time to avoid the delays of having to wait for things to open.
(Reboots of the whole computer literally take an HOUR counting the time
it takes to open the handful of things I use most.)
Sounds like it is booting off a hard drive. You would be surprised at
how much of a speed boost you can get from just booting off a SATA SSD
or a NVME SSD. I added a SATA SSD to my old PC some years back and it
more than halved the boot time off the 7200RPM HD. Plus they are so
cheap now it's easy to get one.
rhino <user3015@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Thunderbird and Eternal September have been working fine for me for
weeks now but today, they suddenly went squirrelly again. I tried to
click on posts in this newsgroup and got messages about the post having
expired even though it was new yesterday.
I did what I normally do when this happens - this is not the first time
in recent months that I've had trouble - and unsubscribed/resubscribed
to this newsgroup, only to find that there are no threads in this
newsgroup at all. This is far from the first time that this has
happened either.
Then I came to Newsgrouper and started this post to see if anyone could
advise me what was wrong today.
And then I remembered what had ultimately saved the day the last time
this nonsense happened, which kept me off Usenet for a couple of days:
I closed and re-opened Thunderbird.
PROBLEM SOLVED: I was able to get a list of threads and posts for this
newsgroup and read posts. I assume I'll have no trouble posting when I
want to.
I'm delighted that I've got a simple, reliable way to fix this problem
but I'm baffled by what the actual problem is. How can I prevent this
from happening again? Given that closing and re-opening Thunderbird
solves the problem, I'm strongly inclined to think Tbird is why it
happens, notwithstanding all the trouble Anim had the past few days
with EasyNews/Eternal September.
I know I'm not the only Thunderbird user here; do any of the rest of
you have these problems too and resolve them the same way?
Obviously I'm using an old Unix client from the command shell in a
terminal emulation and not Thunderbird.
But in future, I would advise you that exiting the application, then restarting it, would be the first step. Unsubscribe/resubscribe
addresses a messed-up history of read/unread articles and whether the
user should force a download of articles selected for reading, As this
is time consuming, never try this is a first step.
Clearly, when you were reviewing the group's index after NEWSOVERVIEW
was performed (header download), internal links to the already
downloaded articles were missing and needed to be recreated. Since the articles themselves weren't messed up, unsubscribe/resubscribe should
not have been the first step to try. It sounds like a missing symbolic
link, something that may be created internally to Thunderbird when it
starts up.
. . .
I think he's got other problems. My PC is 15 years old and I have no >problems or delays when I reboot. (Which actually isn't very often, the
PC stays up and running background jobs when I'm not actively using it.)
On 8/29/2025 7:46 PM, shawn wrote:
On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:12:21 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2025-08-29 8:53 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 8/29/2025 1:35 PM, rhino wrote:I may have to adopt your strategy after I finally replace this aging
I'm a TB user on E-S.-a I never have this problem but then I don't leave >>>> TB up and running.-a I start it up, read the news groups and then shut TB >>>> down.-a Why leave it open if I'm not reading stuff on it?
Thunderbird and Eternal September have been working fine for me for
weeks now but today, they suddenly went squirrelly again. I tried to >>>>> click on posts in this newsgroup and got messages about the post
having expired even though it was new yesterday.
I did what I normally do when this happens - this is not the first
time in recent months that I've had trouble - and unsubscribed/
resubscribed to this newsgroup, only to find that there are no threads >>>>> in this newsgroup at all. This is far from the first time that this
has happened either.
Then I came to Newsgrouper and started this post to see if anyone
could advise me what was wrong today.
And then I remembered what had ultimately saved the day the last time >>>>> this nonsense happened, which kept me off Usenet for a couple of days: >>>>> I closed and re-opened Thunderbird.
PROBLEM SOLVED: I was able to get a list of threads and posts for this >>>>> newsgroup and read posts. I assume I'll have no trouble posting when I >>>>> want to.
I'm delighted that I've got a simple, reliable way to fix this problem >>>>> but I'm baffled by what the actual problem is. How can I prevent this >>>>> from happening again? Given that closing and re-opening Thunderbird
solves the problem, I'm strongly inclined to think Tbird is why it
happens, notwithstanding all the trouble Anim had the past few days
with EasyNews/Eternal September.
I know I'm not the only Thunderbird user here; do any of the rest of >>>>> you have these problems too and resolve them the same way?
laptop. it's pushing 10 years old and opening apps has been painfully
slow for the past couple of years so I basically leave everything open
all the time to avoid the delays of having to wait for things to open.
(Reboots of the whole computer literally take an HOUR counting the time
it takes to open the handful of things I use most.)
Sounds like it is booting off a hard drive. You would be surprised at
how much of a speed boost you can get from just booting off a SATA SSD
or a NVME SSD. I added a SATA SSD to my old PC some years back and it
more than halved the boot time off the 7200RPM HD. Plus they are so
cheap now it's easy to get one.
I think he's got other problems. My PC is 15 years old and I have no >problems or delays when I reboot. (Which actually isn't very often, the
PC stays up and running background jobs when I'm not actively using it.)