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Bug 262780

Summary: Error 436 when posting to eclipse.epsilon newsgroup
Product: Community Reporter: Dimitris Kolovos <dkolovos>
Component: Forums and NewsgroupsAssignee: Eclipse Webmaster <webmaster>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: major    
Priority: P3    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
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Description Dimitris Kolovos CLA 2009-01-28 11:09:03 EST
Since a few minutes ago, when I try to post to the eclipse.epsilon newsgroup using Thunderbird I get an 436 error which according to http://james.apache.org/server/rfclist/nntp/rfc0977.txt translates to "transfer failed - try again later". 

On a side note, I'm not sure if this is a problem of the particular newsgroup, or of the Eclipse NNTP server or if my Thunderbird has just freaked out. It would be really helpful in such occasions if there was a dummy newsgroup (e.g. eclipse.sandbox) where people could post test messages in order to figure out what is wrong.
Comment 1 Denis Roy CLA 2009-01-28 11:15:16 EST
Try eclipse.test
Comment 2 Denis Roy CLA 2009-01-28 11:16:48 EST
Looks like the nntp server had died.  I restarted it -- please try now.
Comment 3 Denis Roy CLA 2009-01-28 11:56:49 EST
I think we're good.
Comment 4 Dimitris Kolovos CLA 2009-01-28 12:59:58 EST
Thanks!