Re: [leafnode-list] Skipped messages with multiple news feeds

[Grahame Cooper <Grahame@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Matthias Andree wrote:
> Grahame Cooper <Grahame@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>
>>## This is the NNTP server leafnode fetches its news from.
>>## You need read and post access to it. Mandatory.
>>server = text.news.ntlworld.com
>>nodesc = 1
>>server = news.cable.ntlworld.com
>>nodesc = 1
>
>
> Looks correct.
>
>
<SNIP>
>
>
> Have you checked with telnet how many of these articles are actually
> present?
>
> Try:
>
> telnet + authentication
>
> GROUP alt.binaries.photography
> XHDR Message-ID 236911-236950
>
> and see how many lines you get. If news.cable.ntlworld.com executes
> cancel messages, and 47 of the 48 articles have been canceled, this is
> normal behaviour. I'd think if leafnode had skipped articles, there'd be
> more information in the log.
>
> I don't currently see a problem here.
>

Thanks Matthias,

Here are the results:

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Mar 12 05:00:02 cooper-linux fetchnews[19786]: Reading server info from
/var/spool/news/leaf.node/text.news.ntlworld.com
Mar 12 05:00:02 cooper-linux fetchnews[19786]: clamping maxage for
alt.binaries.photography to groupexpire 3
Mar 12 05:00:03 cooper-linux fetchnews[19786]: Reading server info from
/var/spool/news/leaf.node/news.cable.ntlworld.com
Mar 12 05:00:06 cooper-linux fetchnews[19786]: clamping maxage for
alt.binaries.photography to groupexpire 3
Mar 12 05:00:07 cooper-linux fetchnews[19786]: alt.binaries.photography:
considering articles 238310 - 238412
Mar 12 05:00:07 cooper-linux fetchnews[19786]: alt.binaries.photography:
3 articles fetched (to 19404), 0 killed
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The only other entries in the log refer to other newsgroups. In my
previous post, I accidentally omitted the clamping maxage entries, which
clearly could be important. The text above now contains all relevant
entries and there is no other information.

The telnet access to the same group follows:

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[root@cooper-linux news]# telnet news.cable.ntlworld.com 119
Trying 80.1.224.4...
Connected to inktomi1-bro.server.ntl.com (80.1.224.4).
Escape character is '^]'.
200 ntl NNTP news cache. posting ok (feedback to
nntptrial-feedback@xxxxxxxx)
group alt.binaries.photos.nude-art
211 522 237714 238512 alt.binaries.photos.nude-art
XHDR Message-ID 238310-238412
221 message-id fields follow
238310 <v6stnr7pjkt53c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
238311 <v6sto3pl2c5242@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
238312 <v6stobgbug3k48@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<SNIP>
238409 <v6sugbp256ub2c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
238410 <iZyba.2844198$zx5.431651@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
238411 <K%yba.234857$6l6.1656544@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
238412 <g5zba.2844964$zx5.431797@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>