We have received the following notice from our Usenet newsgroup provider regarding a change that effects Widomaker customers using the "news.widomaker.com" Usenet newsgroup NNTP server...
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:04:44 -0500 Subject: Supernews Service Transition Details Supernews Commercial Customers, As part of the upcoming transition of backend services, minor housekeeping will be necessary to ensure that your customers continue receiving newsgroup headers without interruption. Below are the steps necessary for your customers to purge and reload newsgroup headers in their news clients. Best Regards, Giganews ISP Support ---------- On March 31, 2008, newsgroup header numbering will be reset to match that of our new backend services. On that date, you will be able to easily make this transition by simply purging and reloading the headers of the subscribed newsgroups in your news client. Instructions for conducting this action in various news clients are included at the end of this email. If your preferred client is not included, please refer to the specific help documentation for the client. NewsBin Pro: 1. Select all newsgroups you are subscribed to. To select all newsgroups, click on the first group then hold the shift key and click on the last group. 2. From the Groups menu, select "Post Storage", then "Delete Stored Posts". 3. Download headers again. For large binary newsgroups, this may take a long time. To limit the headers, right-click on the newsgroup name and select "Download Special". ---------- NewsLeecher: 1. Select all newsgroups you are subscribed to. To select all newsgroups, click on the first group then hold the shift key and click on the last group. 2. Right-click on the selected newsgroups. From the popup menu, click "Selected: Purge Group". 3. Download headers again. For large binary newsgroups, this may take a long time. To limit the headers, right-click on the newsgroup name, select "Update" and choose the number of headers you would like. ---------- Thunderbird and Outlook Express: Because these are primarily email clients, there is no way to purge headers. You will need to remove your current server, create a new server for Supernews, download the list of available newsgroups, and re-subscribe to your desired newsgroups. ---------- Forte Agent: 1. Select the folder containing your newsgroups, right-click and select "Purge". 2. Download headers again. For large binary newsgroups, this may take a long time.