I hadn't seen any new posts in Thunderbird for a few days despite the Thanksgiving holiday and that that was odd. Then I noticed a line of small print indicating a problem with getting posts from rec.arts.tv. I hopped on Newsgrouper and it turned out there had been plenty of activity: Thunderbird simply couldn't be bothered to show it to me.

And no, I haven't changed any settings.

Have any of you other Tbird users been affected by this issue?
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Subject: Re: Is anyone else having trouble getting to rec.arts.tv in Thunderbird?

On 12/1/25 3:22 PM, rhino wrote:

I hadn't seen any new posts in Thunderbird for a few days despite
the Thanksgiving holiday and that that was odd. Then I noticed
a line of small print indicating a problem with getting posts
from rec.arts.tv. I hopped on Newsgrouper and it turned out
there had been plenty of activity: Thunderbird simply couldn't
be bothered to show it to me.

And no, I haven't changed any settings.

Have any of you other Tbird users been affected by this issue?

Rhino, the problem is not Thunderbird (which I've been using the whole
time) - the problem is clearly either your Thunderbird, or the system
you are using your Thunderbird on.

Short of using it on a different computer, I don't expect these problems
you are having with Thunderbird are going to go away on their own.



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Subject: Re: Is anyone else having trouble getting to rec.arts.tv in Thunderbird?

rhino <user3015@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

I hadn't seen any new posts in Thunderbird for a few days despite the >Thanksgiving holiday and that that was odd. Then I noticed a line of
small print indicating a problem with getting posts from rec.arts.tv. I >hopped on Newsgrouper and it turned out there had been plenty of
activity: Thunderbird simply couldn't be bothered to show it to me.

And no, I haven't changed any settings.

Have any of you other Tbird users been affected by this issue?

If you were on eternal-september, then you were affected by the indexing
issue a week ago.

Unsubscribe to the newsgroup, exit then restart Thunderbird, then
resubscribe.

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Subject: Re: Is anyone else having trouble getting to rec.arts.tv in Thunderbird?

On 12/1/2025 3:22 PM, rhino wrote:

I hadn't seen any new posts in Thunderbird for a few days despite the Thanksgiving holiday and that that was odd. Then I noticed a line of small print indicating a problem with getting posts from rec.arts.tv. I hopped on Newsgrouper and it turned out there had been plenty of activity: Thunderbird simply couldn't be bothered to show it to me.

And no, I haven't changed any settings.

Have any of you other Tbird users been affected by this issue?

I had no problems with Tbird over the weekend. I did hear there was an
issue with Cloudfare which might interfere with the internet/usenet.
Yesterday I had a webpage that wouldn't load first time I tried it due
to Cloudfare. A few minutes later it loaded as usual.

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Subject: Re: Is anyone else having trouble getting to rec.arts.tv in Thunderbird?

On 2025-12-01 6:54 p.m., Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 12/1/25 3:22 PM, rhino wrote:

I hadn't seen any new posts in Thunderbird for a few days despite the
Thanksgiving holiday and that that was odd. Then I noticed a line of
small print indicating a problem with getting posts from rec.arts.tv.
I hopped on Newsgrouper and it turned out there had been plenty of
activity: Thunderbird simply couldn't be bothered to show it to me.

And no, I haven't changed any settings.

Have any of you other Tbird users been affected by this issue?

Rhino, the problem is not Thunderbird (which I've been using the whole
time) - the problem is clearly either your Thunderbird, or the system
you are using your Thunderbird on.

Short of using it on a different computer, I don't expect these problems
you are having with Thunderbird are going to go away on their own.

I'm not seeing a lot of evidence to support your theory.

I know I've asked the question a few times now but each time, I hadn't
seen a new post for a few days, even though there were posts. Each time,
the posts then resumed after a couple more days, just as it has in this
case. (I'm reading and posting on Tbird right now although I posted the thread-starter in Newsgrouper.)

As for my system, previous instances of this problem occurred when I was
using my Dell laptop. I retired that in late September after close to 10
years of service and now do everything on my brand new HP. If the laptop
were the problem, why did I have the problem on the new laptop too?

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Rhino

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Subject: Re: Is anyone else having trouble getting to rec.arts.tv in Thunderbird?

On 2025-12-01 7:42 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:

rhino <user3015@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

I hadn't seen any new posts in Thunderbird for a few days despite the
Thanksgiving holiday and that that was odd. Then I noticed a line of
small print indicating a problem with getting posts from rec.arts.tv. I
hopped on Newsgrouper and it turned out there had been plenty of
activity: Thunderbird simply couldn't be bothered to show it to me.

And no, I haven't changed any settings.

Have any of you other Tbird users been affected by this issue?

If you were on eternal-september, then you were affected by the indexing issue a week ago.

Unsubscribe to the newsgroup, exit then restart Thunderbird, then resubscribe.

The problem seems to have resolved itself without having to do anything
at all except waiting another day.

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Rhino

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