Re: [leafnode-list] Newsgroup seems corrupted

[Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have just got KDE 3.1 running.  The problem seems to have gone.  The thread 
is still there, but all threads including that one, behave correctly.

Doug.

On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 11:30 am, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> Yes, Pan has no problem, and I have used sylpheed while I was using
> delaymode, but I prefer the GUI of Knode.  According to another posting,
> the problem was reported to KDE some time ago.  They had a chance to fix it
> with KDE3 (I am using KDE 3.0.3) but they haven't done anything about it,
>
> Doug.
>
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 08:50 am, you wrote:
> > Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > "Knode has a bug.
> > >
> > > "If header of the originating message refers back to itself, Knode gets
> > > thrown into a loop and winds up taking CPU time and grinding away at
> > > the hard drive.
> > >
> > > "There is such a message in alt.os.linux.mandrake.  It's in the 'rar
> > > file' thread."
> > >
> > > The "rar" thread is dated 28 January according to a Knode search (which
> > > doesn't open
> > > the article.)
> > >
> > > I have texpire set at 10 days and I haven't read the article he
> > > mentions, so I only need to wait.  I can even set it shotrer for this
> > > ng.
> >
> > If that are the facts, then KNode should be disposed of right
> > away. If they don't fix "unterminated loop" on short notice, their
> > software and their management of that crisis is inadequate for any
> > serious use.
> >
> > There are other good newsreaders, Pan, slrn, tin, emacs+gnus, ...

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