RE: Two More Problems

["Jeff Grossman" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Jeff Grossman (jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > Cornelius Krasel (krasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > > Jeff Grossman (jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > > > 2.  Jan 31 16:56:07 apple leafnode[4041]: illegal article:
> > > > /var/spool/news/comp/mail/pine/87
> > >
> > > [more similar messages snipped]
> > >
> > > I would definitely interested to see some of those. Unfortunately
> > > leafnode up to 1.8.1 usually deletes those files immediately. They do
> > > not contain any proper information, and I don't know how they are
> > > created.
> >
> > I am getting these all over the place.  Just today I had cron
> send me mail
> > at least 5 times with illegal articles in it.  It is a bummer
> that Leafnode
> > does not do a better job of trying to fix the problem.
>
> Leafnode cannot extract any sensible information out of the file so it
> will delete it. Usually the message means the file is either corrupted
> or empty. You should try to investigate whether you get these empty
> files from your upstream server or whether you have a corrupted news
> spool. I have not seen this message in months. (That's why I am so
> interested in it.)

How would I go about investigating this problem?  I have run the fetch -f
command numerous times, but I still get these errors.  I get at least 3-4 of
these a day now.  How would I know where the problem lies?

Thanks,
Jeff

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