spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua) (09/27/90)
Can anyone tell me why this line which used to work fine, no
longer works...
someone:alt.fan,alt.fandom,alt.folklore,alt.gambling,alt.security,\
alt.sex/all,!local::/usr/ucb/mail someone@somehost
The log file shows lines like:
Sep 26 20:43:13.161 uunet + <2299@opus.cs.mcgill.ca> alt/folklore/computers/5445
decwrl.dec.com someone
but no mail is ever sent. This probably broke with patches
1-Sep-1990 and 7-Sep-1990 but I'm not sure...
->Spike (Spike@World.STD.com)
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"The World" - Public Access Unix - +1 617-739-9753 24hrs {3,12,24}00bpsrickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) (09/28/90)
In article <SPIKE.90Sep27120156@world.std.com> spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua) writes: > > Can anyone tell me why this line which used to work fine, no >longer works... > >someone:alt.fan,alt.fandom,alt.folklore,alt.gambling,alt.security,\ > alt.sex/all,!local::/usr/ucb/mail someone@somehost > Are you by any chance using nntplink, and if so, did you apply the PATCH.RELAYNEWS patches? If so, that would explain your problem. I sent a report on this to the nntplink email address. I am not on the mailing list so I don't know if it was distributed. (In any case I decided not to use nntplink). -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science <rickert@cs.niu.edu> Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115. +1-815-753-6940
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (09/28/90)
In article <SPIKE.90Sep27120156@world.std.com> spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua) writes: >someone:alt.fan,alt.fandom,alt.folklore,alt.gambling,alt.security,\ > alt.sex/all,!local::/usr/ucb/mail someone@somehost > > The log file shows lines like: > >Sep 26 20:43:13.161 uunet + <2299@opus.cs.mcgill.ca> alt/folklore/computers/5445 >decwrl.dec.com someone Something very odd is going on here; the article pathname should not be appearing in the log file! We've got some mail lines in our sys file, though, and are not seeing any trouble. I am not sure what's going on. -- Imagine life with OS/360 the standard | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology operating system. Now think about X. | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua) (09/28/90)
> Are you by any chance using nntplink, and if so, did you apply the
<PATCH.RELAYNEWS patches? If so, that would explain your problem.
Bingo! I'm not using the flags in add, I think I'll undo the
patch...
->Spike
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"The World" - Public Access Unix - +1 617-739-9753 24hrs {3,12,24}00bpsspike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua) (09/28/90)
> Are you by any chance using nntplink, and if so, did you apply the
<PATCH.RELAYNEWS patches? If so, that would explain your problem.
Bingo! I'm not using the flags the patch added, I think I'll
undo it...
->Spike
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"The World" - Public Access Unix - +1 617-739-9753 24hrs {3,12,24}00bpshenry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (09/28/90)
I wrote: >> The log file shows lines like: >> >>Sep 26 20:43:13.161 uunet + <2299@opus.cs.mcgill.ca> alt/folklore/computers/5445 >>decwrl.dec.com someone > >Something very odd is going on here; the article pathname should not be >appearing in the log file! ... Question: are you sure you've got C News as we distribute it? There is rumored to be at least one botched mutant that puts the pathname in there. We cannot be responsible for things we did not write. (And if it's not plainly marked as mutated, whoever did it is in violation of our copyright and has no business redistributing our software.) -- Imagine life with OS/360 the standard | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology operating system. Now think about X. | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) (09/28/90)
In article <SPIKE.90Sep27120156@world.std.com> spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua) writes: > > Can anyone tell me why this line which used to work fine, no >longer works... > >someone:alt.fan,alt.fandom,alt.folklore,alt.gambling,alt.security,\ > alt.sex/all,!local::/usr/ucb/mail someone@somehost > To this, I replied: > Are you by any chance using nntplink, and if so, did you apply the >PATCH.RELAYNEWS patches? If so, that would explain your problem. Spike replied: > Bingo! I'm not using the flags in add, I think I'll undo the >patch... Since then some comments by henry@zoo.toronto.edu denying responsibility. Let's put this matter completely to rest. The nntplink sources contain a file PATCH.RELAYNEWS. There purpose is to introduce a new option into the sys file, and when this is used to change the format of log file entries so that nntplink can read the log file to determine which articles to transmit. Unfortunately there was a bug in those patches which interfered with gatewaying a news group to a mailing list. I reported this bug by email on Sept 5th, and received acknowledgment of its receipt about a week or so later. I don't know whether the nntplink mailing list ever reported this, as I am not on that list (I decided against using nntplink for unrelated reasons). I have not seen the bug reported in this news group. I am therefore attaching a copy of my original bug report. ||To: alden@shape.mps.ohio-state.edu ||Subject: BUG in the file PATCH.RELAYNEWS in nntplink 2.0.3 ||Date: Wed, 05 Sep 90 13:59:30 -0500 ||From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu || || There appears to be a bug in the C-NEWS patches supplied with nntplink. ||I have decided not to use nntplink for other reasons, but had applied the ||patches. || || In the patches for 'transmit.c' there appears the following line: || ||! else if (!sys->sy_flags&FLG_LINK) || || I believe this should really be: || ||! else if (!(sys->sy_flags&FLG_LINK)) || || The problem is that !sys->sy_flags&FLG_LINK evaluates to || (!sys->sy_flags)&FLG_LINK || and the first operand must evaluate to 0 or 1, the second to 128, || so the expression always evaluates to 0 = FALSE. || || -Neil Rickert References: <SPIKE.90Sep27120156@world.std.com> <1990Sep27.171833.16488@mp.cs.niu.edu> <SPIKE.90Sep27191913@world.std.com> <SPIKE.90Sep27192025@world.std.com> <1990Sep27.223150.7773@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Sep28.031824.14060@zoo.toronto.edu> -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science <rickert@cs.niu.edu> Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115. +1-815-753-6940