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I use a newsreader also. Whenever someone posts a zip file I have to pop
over to that terrible sluggish web forum to get the zip file. It's a big
nusaince but it really only takes a few minutes to do it. (Less time than it
takes to write this post)
tralfaz

webforumsuser@macromedia.com says...
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The NNTP servers (which are an entirely separate system/server) have
predated the MM web forums by about 7-8 years, so you have your sequence
backwards. Web forums are synched up to the NNTP servers, not the other
way around. Obviously NNTP (the protocol used by newsreaders) is a
very specific and limited transfer protocol, so you simply can't expect
to have all the features of a web forum available through any NNTP
interface- whereas the reverse is completely true (NNTP features are
fully supported by the web front end). If you expected otherwise, hope
this sets the record straight.

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FYI, the downtime last week was the *only* unplanned forums outage since
March, and the March outage was due to a major update that went out.
Every other Forums outage has been within the regular (Thursday) weekly
maintenance window.

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NNTP traffic goes to an entirely separate server, which the web forums
synch with on a schedule. The downtime with the web forums last week
was mainly database issues that affected *all* site applications, not
just the forums. Forums were kept offline to save headroom for the
other critical web applications- store, Exchanges, membership hub, et
al. That's *exactly* WTF.

BTW, in response to the original question- the 'file upload' feature of
the web forums indeed does not synch out to NNTP- at the overwhelming
request of many international NNTP users who pay by the minute for their
access. Further, the MM forums guidelines have always stated that URLs
to attachments should be used as opposed to uploading files via the web
forums:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/guidelines.html
(sixth item in the "Don't" category)

On that note, the options are basically:
1) Leave things as is.
2) Remove file upload from web forums
3) Send a link to file in the NNTP postings (which essentially lets NNTP
users turn our web server into an FTP site)

Current opinion across most of our forums/communities is either 2 or 3,
(the last obviously presenting issues). What's your preference?

-Scott

Not a MM mod.

It is quite stupid to have a forum system inplace that allow use of newsgroup
readers but does not fully support them...

What gets me is the ammount of time and the frequency of the web forums being
down! LOL

But at the same time the new readers work! WTF? :-)

I posted a question, and forum member answered with zipped fla in attachment
in his message. Is there any possible way for me to see the attached file?
I'm accessing the forum through NNTP (newsreader) - Outlook Express.

Thanks
Luka