Re: solved posting problem - patch included - please incorporate

["Jeff 'PineTar' East" <an972@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

] Thanks for the patch!

	Strange how the mind works.  A few days later, riding the bus
downtown, and it occurs to me - I didn't make a very good patch.  It would
try to post to a server that accepted your authinfo, even if it still
didn't accept postings (didn't replay 200).  I don't know if such a server
exists, but...


*** fetch.c.orig	Mon Feb  8 17:52:43 1999
--- fetch.c	Wed Feb 10 20:24:27 1999
***************
*** 1042,1049 ****
  	     S_ISREG( st.st_mode ) && getheaders( de->d_name ) &&
  	     isgrouponserver( headers[ H_NEWSGROUPS ] ) &&
  	     (f=fopen( de->d_name, "r" )) != NULL ) {
! 	    if ( verbose > 2 )
  		printf( "Posting %s...\n", de->d_name );
  	    sprintf( lineout, "POST\r\n" );
  	    putaline();
  	    r = nntpreply();
--- 1042,1051 ----
  	     S_ISREG( st.st_mode ) && getheaders( de->d_name ) &&
  	     isgrouponserver( headers[ H_NEWSGROUPS ] ) &&
  	     (f=fopen( de->d_name, "r" )) != NULL ) {
! 	    if ( verbose > 2 ) {
  		printf( "Posting %s...\n", de->d_name );
+ 		syslog( LOG_INFO, "Posting %s...",de->d_name );
+ 	    }
  	    sprintf( lineout, "POST\r\n" );
  	    putaline();
  	    r = nntpreply();
***************
*** 1314,1319 ****
--- 1316,1328 ----
  	    if ( nntpreply() != 498 ) {
  		if ( reply == 200 )
  		    ( void ) postarticles();
+ 		else if ( authenticate() ) {
+ 	            sprintf( lineout, "MODE READER\r\n" );
+             	    putaline();
+                     fflush( nntpout );
+ 		    if ( nntpreply() == 200 )
+ 			( void ) postarticles();
+ 		}
  		nntpactive( servers );
  				/* get list of newsgroups or new newsgroups */
  		processupstream( servers->name );

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