[6253] in SIPB bug reports
Re: Possible bug in xrn or news server...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mhpower@MIT.EDU)
Wed Dec 25 01:18:36 1996
From: mhpower@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 01:17:20 -0500
To: pheonix@MIT.EDU
Cc: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
Reply-To: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: "[6252] in SIPB bug reports"
> I recently started noticing that when an article simultaneously posted to
>several newsgroups, and one of them happens to be a moderated group,
>the article never gets posted ...
I think the situation you're describing is discussed in the "Answers
to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet" posting in the group
news.announce.newusers. A copy of it is also available at
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.announce.newusers/Answers_to_Frequently_Asked_Questions_about_Usenet
Look for the topic heading that begins "Isn't the posting mechanism
broken?".
> ... the Xrn Info window
>says that it has been posted.
When there's a moderated newsgroup, I think it's using the term
"posted" to mean "mailed to the moderator".
If the moderator is not posting your article to both the moderated
newsgroup and any listed unmoderated newsgroups, it's probably best to
discuss the situation with the moderator directly. The e-mail address
should be listed in
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.lists/List_of_Moderators_for_Usenet
> ... it
>does ALWAYS crash when a large file, I think larger than ~40kb is posted) and no
>temp files are generated so the article is basically lost.
We may be able to address the crash problem by installing a more
recent version of xrn in the sipb locker. I believe there is someone
already working on this, although I don't yet know the schedule. It's
also possible that the newer version of xrn provides a clearer message
about posting in the case of moderated newsgroups. If not, you could
contact the maintainer of xrn to request this improvement.
Matt
