[chrispadfield]

Well finally got this installed again and wow, looking brilliant
http://www.ascifi.com/forums2/forumd...hp?forumid=980

couple of things:

i) the merge into new thead for lost posts didn't work and gave this error;

<!-- Database error in vBulletin Control Panel: Invalid SQL: SELECT msgid,subject FROM usenet_article WHERE  ORDER BY dtm ASC LIMIT 1
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'ORDER BY dtm ASC LIMIT 1' at line 1
mysql error number: 1064
Date: Thursday 31st of May 2001 05:37:13 AM
Script: /forums2/admin/usenet.php
Referer: http://www.ascifi.com/forums2/admin/...g1&groupid=980
 -->

i have a feeling this might be because i have an old version of mysql but amnot sure

2. Doing "new threads" instead gives this error:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/ascifi/www/forums2/admin/usenet.php on line 399

but insert into thread worked like a charm.

3. News server

which one? I need:

i) cheapish, less than $15 per month
ii) no speed restriction, restriction done on monthly bandwidth
iii) does NOT post a footer. This is why i am leaving newsfeeds
iv) decent selection of newsgoups, ie need to be able to check first
v) and preferably uses a 3rd party credit card processor. I don't want to be easily liable for any spam muck ups that someone might attempt to do and get charged $150 an hour "clean up". They wouldn't be able to do this if they use paysystems/instabill which is one of the reasons i like newsfeeds.

Any suggestions?