[5984] in SIPB bug reports
webster bug??
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chanathip Namprempre)
Fri May 17 23:47:59 1996
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 23:47:49 -0400
From: Chanathip Namprempre <meaw@MIT.EDU>
To: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
Hi,
I've been having problems running webster on my linux
machine. Occasionally, it'll work and give me the meanings of the
words. But most of the time, it gives me this:
~% webster
Word: tree
The webster servers have failed to answer the request to look up your word.
This could be because the webster server is down, or because your word is
too long and the server can't find it. Try looking up "tree" -- if that
works, then you've probably misspelled your word. If it fails, then send
mail to bug-sipb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU to let the SIPB know that the servers are
broken.
I can't think of what I do differently when it works and when it
doesn't. (I doubt it has anything to do with what I'm running on the
machine at the moment.) Is the server actually broken or is this a
known bug or ... ??
Thanks for your help!
Meaw
