Re: [leafnode-list] Fetchnews getting list of all newsgroups

[Alec Cawley <alec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 05 January 2002 4:44 pm, you wrote:
> Alec Cawley <alec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > Here is the debugmode log. I know Usenet is growing fast, but 231 groups

<simple log which didn't fetch all groups snipped>

I understand - here is today's log, which fetched all the groups:

Jan  6 18:30:50 localhost fetchnews[1450]: 1.9.19: verbosity level is 0
Jan  6 18:30:50 localhost fetchnews[1450]: config: debugmode is 1
Jan  6 18:30:50 localhost fetchnews[1450]: config: server is news.demon.co.uk
Jan  6 18:30:50 localhost fetchnews[1450]: config: expire is 20 days
Jan  6 18:30:50 localhost fetchnews[1450]: config: crosspostlimit is 3 groups
Jan  6 18:30:50 localhost fetchnews[1450]: config: maxage is 10
Jan  6 18:30:50 localhost fetchnews[1450]: config: postings have max. 1000 
lines
Jan  6 18:30:50 localhost fetchnews[1450]: config: postings have max. 50000 
bytes
Jan  6 18:30:50 localhost fetchnews[1450]: config: timeout_active is 365 days
Jan  6 18:30:50 localhost fetchnews[1450]: Last LIST ACTIVE done 6738101 
seconds ago: NEWGROUPS
Jan  6 18:30:51 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <200 news.demon.co.uk NewsBorg 
[nnrp-07]
Jan  6 18:30:51 localhost fetchnews[1450]: connected to 158.152.254.71: 200
Jan  6 18:30:51 localhost fetchnews[1450]: >MODE READER^M
Jan  6 18:30:51 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <200 news.demon.co.uk NewsBorg 
[nnrp-07]
Jan  6 18:30:51 localhost fetchnews[1450]: >NEWGROUPS 020105 155800 GMT^M
Jan  6 18:30:51 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <231 new groups since Sat, 05 Jan 
2002 15:58:00 GMT
Jan  6 18:30:51 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <alt.extreme-one.lameass.troll 
0000000000 0000000001 y
Jan  6 18:30:51 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <.
Jan  6 18:30:51 localhost fetchnews[1450]: >XGTITLE 
alt.extreme-one.lameass.troll^M
Jan  6 18:30:52 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <500 command unknown
Jan  6 18:30:52 localhost fetchnews[1450]: >LIST NEWSGROUPS 
alt.extreme-one.lameass.troll^M
Jan  6 18:30:52 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <215 list follows
Jan  6 18:30:52 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <3b.config^I??
Jan  6 18:30:52 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <3b.misc^I??

<Many, many group names follow>

Jan  6 18:41:46 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <zippo.general^IZippo News Service 
general discussion. (Moderated)
Jan  6 18:41:46 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <zippo.test^I??
Jan  6 18:41:46 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <zoomnet.general^I??
Jan  6 18:41:46 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <zz.unity.chat^I??
Jan  6 18:41:46 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <zz.unity.netlink^I??
Jan  6 18:41:46 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <alt.extreme-one.lameass.troll^I?
Jan  6 18:41:46 localhost fetchnews[1450]: <.
Jan  6 18:41:46 localhost fetchnews[1450]: warning: news.demon.co.uk does not 
process LIST NEWSGROUPS alt.extreme-one.lameass.troll correctly: use nodesc
Jan  6 18:41:46 localhost fetchnews[1450]: Read server info from 
/var/spool/news/leaf.node/news.demon.co.uk
Jan  6 18:41:46 localhost fetchnews[1450]: >GROUP rec.humor.funny.reruns^M

<and now the real work begins>

I note the warning at 18:41:46; I guess this might be the problem.

	Alec Cawley
-- 
@lec  ©awley

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