Maybe unrelated, but for several months now, when I try to connect to the
newsgroups here with my usual link...
      https://news.povray.org/groups/

I sometimes get a warning page instead, something like "We're having trouble
connecting to that https site" or "This site does not have an https webpage,
continue to http site instead?" -- along with a tremendous slow-down in
connecting to the 'net in general. But by simply refreshing the page, the proper
https site does comes up. That's strange.

Trying to find some solution or explanation for the slow-down itself, I've
lately been researching Cloudflare (the global DNS provider)-- and the odd
problems it is causing with some websites and servers. It's all too technical
for me to understand, but I wonder: Do the POV-ray newsgroups use the Cloudflare
service?

Or maybe my internet provider does, I don't know. But I have a gut feeling that
something about Cloudflare's workings might be the culprit here.

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