[leafnode-list] Re: bad status characters and newsgroup name conflicts...

[Troy Piggins]

* Matthias Andree <matthias.andree at gmx.de> :
> Troy Piggins <troy at piggo.com> writes:
> 
> > I just noticed these errors[1] while running 'fetchnews -vvv'.
> > Not sure if they are the result of a corrupt file here, or
> > problems with the server at the other end.  Any ideas?
> 
> Sorry, no - what would that status character "f" mean?
> 
> > news.mozilla.com: getting newsgroup descriptions
> > news.mozilla.com: reading newsgroups descriptions failed: 501 no such list available
> ...
> > ERROR: FETCHNEWS MUST REFETCH THE WHOLE ACTIVE FILE NEXT RUN.
> > REASON: could not successfully talk to all servers.
> 
> Look for configuration errors and server skips/aborts outside the
> logging you pasted. Else, try nodesc=1 below this
> server=news.mozilla.com line in the configuration and let me know if it
> helps.

Hi Matthias,

I have no idea what the problem was, but it has now stopped
happening.  I am assuming it was a problem with my upstream ISP's
nntp server.

Peace.

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