> since some days I cannot rsync anymore.
> 
> rsync simply exits after some seconds, without a message indicating
> why.
> 
> The command I use is
>         rsync --delete -zarP rsync.netbsd.org::anoncvs .
> 
> But the rsync server seems to be up, as telnetting to I gives a
> reponse.
> 
> Has there something changed recently?

It may not be recent, but I think the rsync server does not serve
hosts which do not cleanly reverse resolve in DNS.  

For various reasons we've been spotty on this which makes rsync
operation something that only occasionally works.