[comp.mail.uucp] Problems with UUCP ... help wanted!

ericf@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Eric Feigenson) (09/14/90)

[I apologize if this has been posted before... I had little tiff with
the news reader which may have sent out another copy, which I've
dutifully tried to cancel]

I am trying to get UUCP/mail/news working on a '386 machine running
Intel Unix System V.  I have two hosts I try to connect to, and though
the login succeeds, the protocol fails after a few packets are
exchanged, then there follows several (30?) "alarms" (what do they
mean?) after which to connection is closed due to failure.  The uucico
debug output follows (though is neccesarily truncated since it goes on
forever, basically repeating itself).  Any and all help would be
apreciated.  Please e-mail replies to: ericf@zurich.ai.mit.edu.

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[initial login sequence deleted.  Host names have been changed to
protect the innocent]


imsg >^M^JLast login: Fri Sep 14 09:50:01 on tty1f^M^J^M^J^PShere^@Login Successful: System=o theirsite 
omsg "Soursite -Q0 -x9"
imsg >^PROK^@msg-ROK
 Rmtname theirsite, Role MASTER,  Ifn - 6, Loginuser - root
rmesg - 'P' imsg >^PPg^@got Pg
wmesg 'U'g
omsg "Ug"
send 77
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 73
send 61
state - [INIT code a] (1)
pkgetpack: Connodata=2
rec h->cntl 61
send 57
state - [INIT code a]&[INIT code b] (3)
pkgetpack: Connodata=3
rec h->cntl 53
state - [O.K.] (10)
Proto started g
*** TOP ***  -  role=1, setline - X
gtwvec: dir /usr/spool/uucp/theirsite
wmesg 'H'
send 37777777610
rmesg - 'H' pkgetpack: Connodata=4
rec h->cntl 41
pkcntl: RR/RJ: Connodata=0
state - [O.K.] (10)
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777611
send 41
got HN
 PROCESS: msg - HN
HUP:
*** TOP ***  -  role=0, setline - X
rmesg - '
rec h->cntl 37777777621
send 42
got S D.oursiteB00e8 D.oursiteB00e8 news - D.oursiteB00e8 0666
 PROCESS: msg - S D.oursiteB00e8 D.oursiteB00e8 news - D.oursiteB00e8 0666
SNDFILE:
msg - S
Remote Requested: theirsite!D.oursiteB00e8 --> oursite!D.oursiteB00e8 (news)
SLAVE - filename: /usr/spool/uucp/theirsite/D.oursiteB00e8
chkpth ok Rmtname - theirsite
TMname(/usr/spool/uucp/theirsite/TM.00244.000)
wmesg 'S'Y
send 37777777622
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 42
pkcntl: RR/RJ: Connodata=0
state - [O.K.] (10)
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777632
send 43
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777642
send 44
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777652
send 45
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777662
pkgetpack: Connodata=2
rec h->cntl 37777777602
alarm 1
send 25
pkgetpack: Connodata=3
rec h->cntl 37777777662
send 46
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777672
send 47
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777602
send 40
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777612
send 41
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 151
bad header 31,h->ccntl 56
pkgetpack: Connodata=2
rec h->cntl 37777777632
pkgetpack: Connodata=3
rec h->cntl 37777777642
alarm 2
send 41
pkgetpack: Connodata=4
rec h->cntl 37777777622
send 42
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777632
send 43
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777642
send 44
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777652
send 45
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777662
send 46
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777672
send 47
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777602
send 40
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777612
pkgetpack: Connodata=2
rec h->cntl 37777777632
alarm 3
send 20
pkgetpack: Connodata=3
rec h->cntl 37777777612
send 41
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777622
send 42
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777632
send 43
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777642
send 44
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777652
pkgetpack: Connodata=2
rec h->cntl 37777777672
alarm 4
send 24
pkgetpack: Connodata=3
rec h->cntl 37777777652
send 45
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777662
send 46
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777672
send 47
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777602
send 40
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777612
pkgetpack: Connodata=2
rec h->cntl 37777777632
alarm 5
send 20
pkgetpack: Connodata=3
rec h->cntl 37777777612
send 41
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777622
send 42
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777632
send 43
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777642
send 44
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777652
pkgetpack: Connodata=2
rec h->cntl 37777777672

... and so on ad nauseum.

Thanks again for any help1

-EricF