[leafnode-list] Fwd: leafnode+ doesn't finish fetchnews

["clemens fischer" <ino-waiting@xxxxxxx>]

version: leafnode-2.0-snapshot-20020910a
FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #3: Sat Jul 13 00:09:29 CEST 2002
bindir: /usr/local/bin
sysconfdir: /etc/leafnode
spooldir: /var/spool/news
lockfile: /var/lock/news/fetchnews.lck
IPv6: no
default MTA: /usr/sbin/sendmail

the last fetchnews run gets the newsfeeds of two out of three servers
ok and has been doing everything all right for weeks.  now it seems
news.fu-berlin.de (news.CIS.DFN.DE) has been flooded with
create-groups with large descriptions or something (just a guess),
because:

news.CIS.DFN.DE: connected (200), banner: "200 news.fu-berlin.de
welcomes p3e9baac9.dip.\
t-dialin.net (62.155.170.201). Authorization required for reading and
posting."
news.CIS.DFN.DE: checking for new newsgroups
news.CIS.DFN.DE: found 418 new newsgroups
news.CIS.DFN.DE: getting new newsgroup descriptions

.. and then nothing, the process seems stuck.  a second run tells me:

fetchnews -vv
fetchnews mode: get articles, get headers, get bodies, post articles
erased stale pid 2916 host spotteswoode.dnsalias.org
lockfile /var/lock/news/fetchnews.lck

and the state of the started processes is:

Proc         Status   Buffer         Tty         Command
----         ------   ------         ---         -------
nntpd        open      *server localhost nntp  *nntpd** (none)
(network stream connection)
fetchnews    run      *eshell*       /dev/ttyp4
/usr/local/sbin/fetchnews -vv

this must have something to do with a Higher Cause, right?

clemens (hugging leafnode)

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