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Re: [leafnode-list] starting slrn



Since the current version is 1.9.14, I would recommend upgrading to that
version.  I do not recall if there was a problem as you describe in the
version that you are running.

Jeff
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Jeff Grossman (jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx)

> From: Adam Podstawczynski <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: leafnode-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 12:04:17 +0200
> To: leafnode-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [leafnode-list] starting slrn
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It's the first time I'm speaking here. I subscribed yesterday and I know I'm
> violating netiquette, but I couldn't wait longer for an answer to my problem
> to appear. I hope you forgive me, the more because the problem must be
> extremely easy to solve. The question is: where am I doing wrong?
> 
> Two computers: 1 and 2. 1 is the server, running leafnode. 2 is the news
> client, running slrn. Network configuration and leafnode installation must
> be OK, since I used this combination for long (the problems appeared after I
> bought new computers and installed Red Hat 6.2 on both). The problem
> appeared to be slrn's, but after asking all slrn gurus I gave up.
> 
> Here is what I do:
> 
> 1) I start slrn on 2 for the first time, slrn -f ~/.newsrc -create.
> Everything seems OK -- I subscribe to new newsgroups, list only them (L),
> read the "dummy" leafnode news, etc.
> 2) I start slrn for the second time (after fetching news). Still - as if
> everything was OK. I read news, reply, subscribe to new newsgroups.
> 3) The problem is always the third time: slrn sees all newsgroups as NEW.
> 
> I tried everything (including reading documentation :-). I copied and
> swapped .jnewsrc and .newsrc, I tried various host -> .jnewsrc mappings, the
> $NNTPSERVER is of course OK, I deleted all "bogus" groups from groupinfo,
> etc.
> 
> The most important thing is that someone told me to upgrade to at least
> 1.9.9 (I had 1.9.6 before). And I did this! I upgraded to 1.9.11, then --
> thinking that upgrading went wrong -- I deleted everything and installed
> fresh 1.9.11. All to no avail.
> 
> I'm kind of dizzy of all this, that's why I'm turning to leafnode list.
> (Because otherwise I got to know leafnode as THE perfect server for my home
> network -- thank you Cornelius, Arnt and all the others!).
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> -- 
> Adam Podstawczyn´ski
> adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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