Re: Sometimes problem when posting to aioe

[Winston]

Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> asked:
> I use the aioe newsserver. Sometimes I get:
>     nntp (news.aioe.org) open error: ''.  Continue? (y or n)

> The only way to keep reading and sending news is to change:
>     (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.aioe.org"))
> to:
>     (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "nntp.aioe.org"))

> Does anybody know why this happens and what to do about it?

My impression from actual use is that one or the other server is
actually down for a few hours or sometimes days at a time.  As long as
at least one of them is up, the service itself is logically available.
The "solution" is just what you're already doing, or something such as
what others have already suggested.

> This works with one very important hitch: I lose all my marks.

Another, and rather simple, solution to this problem is:

cd ~/News/marks
ln -s news.aioe.org nntp.aioe.org    [or vice versa]

HTH,
 -WBE