kreed@telesys.cts.com (Kevin W. Reed) (05/28/90)
Cnews Specific Problem I'm having a problem with Cnews and nn 6.4.3 working together. I *can* use postnews (Cnews) to successfully post a message (as this message was posted), but can't get nn to post, reply, follow-up or mail. The problem appears to be with either the censor program 'anne.jones' or in the way it is called from nn via inews (see transcript below), but since postnews works ok, it might be more complicated than that. Kim Storm indicated that she/he (No flames please :-) doesn't know what is not working properly and doesn't have current source for Cnews to do any further checking (suggested I post here). I am using: SCO Xenix 2.3.2 SCO Development 2.3.1b AT386 20MHz System NN 6.4.3 Cnews (Patchdate 25-May-90) Any Cnews Gurus out there have an idea what going wrong? Below is the message received after posting (in this case a follow-up) an article to a newsgroup that is sent back to the user. Also included is the article that actually shows up on the newsgroup. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Received Mail as shown below: This message is mailed to me when I try to post an article, reply, follow-up or mail. In the example below, it is a follow-up to another article posted. Note the message with regards to anne.jones. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ | From telesys_mailer_daemon Sun May 27 12:16:56 1990 | To: kreed | Subject: mail problem | Status: O | | Trouble sending mail on `telesys', Sun May 27 12:16:56 1990 | | ============ Transcript follows ============ | follow | 0 alias errors | No local user named "follow" | 1 delivery errors | 1 total errors | | ============== Message follows ============= | >From kreed Sun May 27 12:16:55 1990 | Received: by telesys.cts.com (smail2.5) | id AA02335; 27 May 90 12:16:55 PDT (Sun) | Reply-To: kreed@telesys.cts.com (Kevin W. Reed) | Message-Id: <9005271916.AA02334@telesys.cts.com> | Date: Sun, 27 May 90 19:16:55 GMT | From: kreed@telesys.cts.com (Kevin W. Reed) | X-Local-time: Sun, 27 May 90 12:16:55 PDT | To: follow | Subject: follow failed | | process not attached to terminal | Usage: who [-rbtpludAasHTq] [am i] [utmp_like_file] | | r run level | b boot time | t time changes | p processes other than getty or users | l login processes | u useful information | d dead processes | A accounting information | a all (rbtpludA options) | s short form of who (no time since last output or pid) | H print header | T status of tty (+ writable, - not writable, x exclusive open, ? hung) | q quick who | anne.jones: ypmatch: not found | | Your response has been saved in ~/dead.letter | | Your article/letter follows: | Newsgroups: general | Subject: Re: test | Distribution: local | References: <1990May27.190718.2145@telesys.cts.com> | | kreed@telesys.cts.com (Kevin W. Reed) writes: | | >This is a test | | test reply to article. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Article was posted to general as: The article is actually posted but the username is missing from the entire message. No fullname is listed either since there isn't a ~/.name file and the system couldn't evidently find the user's name to look in the passwd file. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ | Newsgroups: general | Path: telesys! | From: @telesys.cts.com | Subject: Re: test | Organization: TeleSys Development Systems, San Diego, CA | Distribution: local | Date: Sun, 27 May 90 19:15:56 GMT | Message-ID: <1990May27.191556.2287@telesys.cts.com> | References: <1990May27.190718.2145@telesys.cts.com> | | kreed@telesys.cts.com (Kevin W. Reed) writes: | | >This is a test | | test reply to article. | [rest deleted] Again, postnews works ok, I just can't use nn which is a pain.. Please email and I will post a summary of the solution (I Hope :-) Thanks BTW: This problem existed before installing the 24-May-90 patches to Cnews... -- Kevin W. Reed - TeleSys Development Systems - San Diego - Voice (619) 270-1338 {nosc,ucsd,hplabs!hp-sdd}!crash!telesys!kreed --- XBBS & telesys.UUCP 483-3890 kreed@telesys.cts.com --------- Development Site for ARC Business Systems, Inc