[leafnode-list] Re: news.mozilla.org: reading new newsgroups failed, reason "501 no such list available"

[Matthias Andree]

Am 27.03.2009, 08:28 Uhr, schrieb Arthur Marsh  
<arthur.marsh at internode.on.net>:

> Is anyone else getting the error:
>
> news.mozilla.org: reading new newsgroups failed, reason "501 no such
> list available"
>
> Running leafnode 1.11.7.rc3-1 on Debian unstable.

Hi Arthur,

sorry to read of your problem.  I can reproduce this, but it's a server  
fault.
GigaNews's servers do not support the standard command "NEWGROUPS"... (and  
it's GigaNews who host these newsgroups).

In the end it's harmless; should Mozilla offer new newsgroups in the  
future that your leafnode does not show, leafnode will either pick them 90  
days after last checking the full newsgroups list, or you can run  
"fetchnews -f" to force redownloading the newsgroups right away.

Could you please complain to Mozilla about using non-conformant servers?  
Should you happen to be a GigaNews paying customer as well, please  
complain to them, too. Thanks.

Best regards,

-- 
Matthias Andree