[6254] in SIPB bug reports
Re: Possible bug in xrn or news server...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (pheonix@MIT.EDU)
Wed Dec 25 06:07:45 1996
From: pheonix@MIT.EDU
To: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Dec 1996 01:17:20 EST."
<199612250617.AA01676@stan.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 06:07:37 EST
>
> 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?".
>
Hi Matt,
Thanks for your help. Hmm.. that mechanism dure doesn't make sense, especially
when the groups are related only remotely, and also because it increases the
moderator's workload beyond his/her group. But that is my opinion :)
>
> When there's a moderated newsgroup, I think it's using the term
> "posted" to mean "mailed to the moderator".
>
Well, it shouldn't be confusing; Actually a specfic message "article sent
to moderator" does pop up when the a moderated group is the only one being
posted to.
> 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
>
Nope, I was just confused by the delay...
>
> 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
BTW, who maintains Xrn? I can surely think of using a scratch file when
posting articles, similar to what Xmh does with #xmhdraft files.
Thanks,
Bilal
