jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) (06/07/91)
Hiya - What I was wondering was, if UUNET has upgraded to Cnews, then why do I still get stale or misdated news? Every morning I have to welcome yet another message from the news transporter telling me it has trashed at least one article. What version of Cnews is UUNET running? The new, great version or the old lax one? - Jiro Nakamura jiro@shaman.com <-- direct feed off UUNET -- Jiro Nakamura jiro@shaman.com The Shaman Group (607) 256-5125 VOICE "Bring your dead, dying shamans here!" (607) 277-1440 FAX/Data
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (06/07/91)
In article <1991Jun7.133653.1877@shaman.com> jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) writes: > What I was wondering was, if UUNET has upgraded to Cnews, then >why do I still get stale or misdated news? ... Well, the obvious first question is "You're sure it's coming from UUNET?". If that "still" implies you were getting it before, then something does not compute -- UUNET formerly ran B News, which had date filters similar to those of the modern C News. It's also worth bearing in mind that UUNET's notion of what is "stale" may be more generous than yours. > What version of Cnews is UUNET running? The new, great version or >the old lax one? A newer and greater version, actually. A number of mods were added for UUNET's, uh, unusual situation. Most of them will probably filter out into the distribution version eventually. Bear in mind, however, that their news configuration is seriously strange for excellent reasons, and it's not quite out of the question that surprises might show up. -- "We're thinking about upgrading from | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology SunOS 4.1.1 to SunOS 3.5." | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) (06/09/91)
In article <1991Jun7.160832.9230@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: > In article <1991Jun7.133653.1877@shaman.com> I wrote: > > What I was wondering was, if UUNET has upgraded to Cnews, then > >why do I still get stale or misdated news? ... > > Well, the obvious first question is "You're sure it's coming from UUNET?". > If that "still" implies you were getting it before, then something does > not compute -- UUNET formerly ran B News, which had date filters similar > to those of the modern C News. Sorry for the misplaced "still." What I meant was that ever since I upgraded to the new patch of CNews, I've been getting these error messages posted to me (News admin). I do/did not know when UUNET was upgraded to Cnews, so I was surprised by the fact I was getting them. > It's also worth bearing in mind that UUNET's notion of what is "stale" > may be more generous than yours. That is most probably what is happening. I can understand why UUNET might be more generous then my site's news policies. - Jiro Nakamura jiro@shaman.com -- Jiro Nakamura jiro@shaman.com Shaman Consulting (607) 256-5125 VOICE "Bring your dead, dying shamans here!" (607) 277-1440 FAX/Data