I'm waiting with bated breath for a stable version of this hack... or should it be thought of as stable now?

Depends on how you define stable. right now the main issues that have risen are performance and compatibility with a variety of NNTP servers.

I just uploaded a new version. Same functionality, but it should eliminate most the errors people have had. You can find that in the first post in this thread.

If you've already installed the hack, make sure you run the SQL a few posts back as that will make a huge difference for when your tables get filled with a lot of posts. In one case it brought the query speed from around 30 seconds to a fraction of a second.

If you want a gauge of how long things are taking, you can rin the script like: http://www.yourserver.com/gateway.php?showqueries=1 and it'll print out all the SQL queries as well as the start and finish time of the queries.

Well... I uploaded the new files from the new post, now I'm getting this message:

1 group(s) gatewayed.
Logging in to news.microsoft.com, group microsoft.public.german.entwickler.dotnet.csharp

Then the script exits (it's now running about 2 seconds). Nothing gets imported...

Running setlastmsg.php returns the following:

1 group(s) gatewayed.
Logging in to news.microsoft.com, group microsoft.public.german.entwickler.dotnet.csharp:
Max: newsgroup
Min: such

The lastmsg in the database stays at 0...

I'll now try the other nntp.php you posted above...

The same problem, the only difference is that there is a "12345" before the "logging in to ..."

I can say that the webdiscuss.com server works with this script. FANTASTIC!!!

The script doesn't work with my ISP's newserver though. I will need to search for a free one...

May I congratulate you Gilby by telling you that it works - you just need to use a public newserver that does not require a username or password. :)

Cool - I am hunting down one with the forums I want right now... but it works!

Now it seems to work - don't ask me why...

One thing, after import every post is set to the import date, not to the date it has really been posted to the NG. Is it possible to do that or is it a problem (timezones etc.)?

Gilby,

Any news on the local user replies, and why they are locking up the gateway.php ie downloads from the usenet server works, yet uploads lockup.

Not true in my case - all my imported posts and threads reflect the actual time of posting, not the import date.

Wanted to say again that this is a GREAT hack! The best one I have installed, and I have installed many! :)