Using Thunderbird to access this NG, but as of about a couple months ago
(IIRC), this problem started happening. Anybody else having this problem?:
When I try to select a new unread message to read, I've got roughly a
10% or so chance that it'll fail with a "The connection was refused when
attempting to contact news.digitalmars.com:119."
But here's the weird thing: Once that error DOES occur, then ALL further
attempts to download/view a new post fail with the same error...until I
hit "Get Messages" or switch to a different sub-forum and then back,
which consistently fixes the issue (until it happens again a few
messages later).
*Looks* like a server/network issue but behaves like a screwy local issue.
