[news.admin] ASome Articles from valid newsgroups end up in junk

seb022@tijc02.UUCP (02/18/87)

From: Scott Bemis     mcnc!rti-sel!tijc02!root
	Johnson City, Tennessee
	Phone: (615) 461-2959   



	Some avid readers of  Usenet at my office have noticed this following
	problem. Some articles of newsgroups listed in /usr/lib/news/active
	are thrown into /usr/spool/news/junk.  These avid readers get
	upset when articles from newsgroups like mod.sources end up
	in junk.  Part 01 of a source posting can be put in the
	proper directory,  /usr/spool/news/mod/sources. But Part 02 can 
	end up in /usr/spool/news/junk.  Has anyone noticed this problem
	before? How can I fix it on my computer - what is setup incorrectly?


	I am currently running USENET B 2.10.2 software with
	AT&T UNIX V  Release 2.0 Version 2 on a VAX 11/785. 


	Any help would  be appreciated.

	Sincerely
	Scott Bemis

avolio@decuac.UUCP (02/20/87)

Please note, I have removed comp.unix.wizards from the group list...

You might try upgrading to a newer version of news, but that is
probably not your problem.  (But, we have gone from 2.10.2 to 2.10.3
to 2.11.)

For the answers to problems such as this, you should always check the
news log file.  When an article is junked, it tells you why.  One
reason might be that the posting date is too far in the past (EG, an
article takes a month to get from host A to your host.  This time
limit is setable.).  Look there and it should tell you what you want
to know.

-Fred-