This is all sorted out. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience.

Please feel free to contact our support team at any time (24/7/365) if
you continue to experience problems. http://support.easynews.com/

Thanks!

-Russ

Russ wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We're currently experiencing network problems with our NNTP server farm
> in Europe. This has resulted in the NNTP server becoming exceedingly
> slow and/or unresponsive. In the meantime please use our US farm at
> news.us.easynews.com. We've engaged our network team and are looking to
> resolve the issue ASAP. We'll keep you updated on the status.
>
> We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.
>
> -Russ