It sounds like a foreground background color problem. Try printing the message on a model 33 teletype machine? What are you using for a reader, and is there anything you can do to change font color? Or maybe cut and paste into a text file.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 06:06 Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been using news.eternal-september.org for a long time with > generally good results. > > Today there was a post with a blank body. I sent a private email to the > OP about the problem. > > An hour later there were two replies quoting portions of the "blank" > message. > > How do I trouble shoot this? > Is there a recommended free server I could use as backup? > > My system is Debian 12.8 with MATE and SeaMonkey 2.53.19 . > > TIA > >
