tom@dvnspc1.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) (12/09/88)
Does anyone know why our news software started mailing articles?
from the news log file:
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Dec 8 15:10 burdvax received <18657@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> ng \
comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.graphics subj 'GNUplot' from jsin@CS.UCLA.EDU
Dec 8 15:10 burdvax Article mailed to comp-binaries-ibm-pc-d
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Why are we getting articles mailed to funny things?
We end up getting mail sent to the uucp user saying that the thing couldn't
be mailed, like this:
From uucp Thu Dec 8 15:10 EST 1988
>From MAILER-DAEMON Thu Dec 8 15:10:19 1988
Received: by dvnspc1.Unisys.COM (5.51/6.2); Thu, 8 Dec 88 15:10:19 EST
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 88 15:10:19 EST
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON>
Subject: Returned mail: unknown mailer error 8
Message-Id: <8812082010.AA20602@dvnspc1.Unisys.COM>
To: uucp
Status: R
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lmail: Can't send to comp-binaries-ibm-pc-d
along with a copy of the article
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Thanks for the help
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Tom Albrecht
Unisys UUCP: {sdcrdcf|psuvax1}!burdvax!dvnspc1!tom
dvnspc1!tom@PRC.Unisys.COMwoods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) (12/09/88)
In article <203@dvnspc1.UUCP> tom@dvnspc1.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) writes: > >Does anyone know why our news software started mailing articles? > >from the news log file: >... > Dec 8 15:10 burdvax received <18657@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> ng \ > comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.graphics subj 'GNUplot' from jsin@CS.UCLA.EDU > Dec 8 15:10 burdvax Article mailed to comp-binaries-ibm-pc-d I know 8000 people will tell you this, but the problem is most likely that your "mailpaths" file has either been trashed or removed. Articles posted to moderated groups are ALWAYS mailed. The "mailpaths" file, among other things, tells the software where to mail to. There is a set of sites (the former "backbone") that accept postings to the newsgroup name with dots replaced by dashes (as in the above example) and mail it to the moderator. Other sites have a path to the nearest backbone site as the "backbone" parameter in the mailpaths file, e.g. backbone path!to!backbone!%s If you had this line in your mailpaths file, then the article would be mailed to path!to!backbone!comp-binaries-ibm-pc-d This is what is supposed to happen for articles posted to moderated groups from your site. You have two problems, however, for comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d is not a moderated group, but it must be marked that way in your active file. Thus, all the postings that come in from the unmoderated group are getting mailed, because your site thinks it's moderated. So, you need to do two things: 1) Put a backbone line in your mailpaths file, so that postings to moderated groups from your site will be properly sent to the moderator; and 2) Fix your active file, and make sure no unmoderated groups are incorrectly marked moderated. --Greg
news@wa4mei.UUCP (USENET admin) (12/11/88)
In article <1098@ncar.ucar.edu> woods@handies.UCAR.EDU (Greg Woods) writes: .In article <203@dvnspc1.UUCP> tom@dvnspc1.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) writes: .. ..Does anyone know why our news software started mailing articles? .. ..from the news log file: ..... .. Dec 8 15:10 burdvax received <18657@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> ng \ .. comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.graphics subj 'GNUplot' from jsin@CS.UCLA.EDU .. Dec 8 15:10 burdvax Article mailed to comp-binaries-ibm-pc-d . . I know 8000 people will tell you this, but the problem is most likely that .your "mailpaths" file has either been trashed or removed. Articles posted .to moderated groups are ALWAYS mailed. The "mailpaths" file, among other .things, tells the software where to mail to. There is a set of sites (the I think that I have been having the same problems as Tom is refering to in which news is mailing incoming news articles back out. These are not articles that have been originated here. I have seen this several times when my backbone (gatech) bounces it back to me. I would also appriceate any help or hints as what to look for.