bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) (02/10/89)
We have (famous last words :-) found the problem in the mailing list -to- newsgroup gateways for gnu.* and alt.sca. In a recent upgrade of the news system on tut.cis.ohio-state.edu to 2.11.17, a component (called "liar") of the news-to-mail gateway remained suid, but became owned by news rather than root, which rendered it impotent for its intended purpose. List mail was finding its way into the groups, but articles weren't getting out to the lists. It took a while for anyone to notice because few folks are on both the groups and the lists, and the cause was particularly subtle. Particular thanks to Justin du Coeur (justin@inmet.inmet.com), whose deep and abiding passion for his SCA discussion traffic prompted a deeper look. The lists and groups should be bidirectionally reunited once again. Sorry for the inconvenience, and as always, drop us a line if you see something happening or not happening in the way it should.