>Propagation across the network has been extremely "iffy" for a while now.
>I have access to three different news services, and where they used to be
>pretty well synchronized, I am now seeing huge delays from one to another, and
>some messages never show up except on one or another.
Hmm.
I only use one news provider, so I don't see
the differences in the spools.
Some of the spottiness may be due to spam filters
(cleanfeed). Some may also be due to some providers
taking action against another provider. I don't
know whether there are still cancel wars going on
in the background. There were or are some folks
who have gripes against the system and whose
bots may be overloading some parts of the system.
Marty

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