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System Status Report 04/08/2009 Uncle JesseWed, 08 Apr 2009 17:07:06 -0700

The following NNTP addresses are now geo load balancing:
news.easynews.com
proxy.news.easynews.com
secure.news.easynews.com

You can also use the EU or US servers specifically if you do not want
to be load balanced by location by entering the specific addresses and
port options below:

For the US farm, the hostnames are:
news.us.easynews.com - Listens for NNTP on port 119
proxy.news.us.easynews.com - Listens for NNTP on ports 21, 22, 23, 25,
53, 80, 110, 443, 8000 and 8080
secure.news.us.easynews.com - Listens for NNTPS (SSL) on ports 21, 22,
23, 25, 53, 80, 110, 119, 443, 563, 8000 and 8080

For the EU farm, the hostnames are:
news.eu.easynews.com - Listens for NNTP on port 119
proxy.news.eu.easynews.com - Listens for NNTP on ports 21, 22, 23, 25,
53, 80, 110, 443, 8000 and 8080
secure.news.eu.easynews.com - Listens for NNTPS (SSL) on ports 21, 22,
23, 25, 53, 80, 110, 119, 443, 563, 8000 and 8080

The autounrar and makerar lists are shrinking.  This is a good
indication that we are catching up.  As we dedicate more processes to
autounrar, we'll plow through the backlog of autounrars much quicker.
I'll try to see if I can get a possible ETA on when things will be
caught up.

For those who are experiencing Zip Manager issues, keep the queues
filled and let us take a look at your Zip Manager.  Email
support@easynews.com with your username and the permission to look
into things.

The recent reports of missing parts on the web (not to be confused
with the known gaps in Dec/Jan) appears to be isolated to the some
random posts during the backlog/file server crash and recovery period
of ~02/28-mid-March and the recent yDecoder backlog that occured this
past weekend.  I've been told that all parts will appear on the web,
but it will take a little bit longer re-feed them through the decoder
as the major changes we've implemented over the past month has changed
the way we have to approach some previous tasks such as these.  The
good news is that it when the autounrar is caught up, this re-feed
shouldn't take very long.

If you have any questions, please let us know.  We're here 24/7.

- Uncle Jesse -

Please let me know how I'm doing at
https://secure.members.easynews.com/feedback/?a=Uncle+Jesse
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