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Subject:	Re: Y2K problem with lugnet! (was Re: Help! My newsreader's downloading everything on lugnet!)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Sat, 1 Jan 2000 21:49:58 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Matthew Miller writes: > Todd, I think this is an actual problem: > [...] > It wants a 6-digit date string; using 20000101 or 1000101 return errors. > And 000101 sure does return all groups or messages. Agreed -- definitely a bona fide Y2K bug in all its glory. Hopefully I can find a patch for this, otherwise I'll dig in and fix it myself. (Have got the source, thankfully. :) --Todd

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		Re: Y2K problem with lugnet! (was Re: Help! My newsreader's downloading everything on lugnet!)
(...) Whoo hoo. For what it's worth, it's the second one I've come across today -- I "fixed" (ie reset the date in the BIOS) a POS system at a store in Northampton. Felt pretty proud of myself. :) (...) Are you using INN? I know that the newest (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		Y2K problem with lugnet! (was Re: Help! My newsreader's downloading everything on lugnet!)
(...) Todd, I think this is an actual problem: jadzia:~$ telnet lugnet.com nntp Trying 209.68.63.236... Connected to lugnet.com. Escape character is '^]'. 200 lugnet.com NNTP[auth] server version 1.5.12.2 (9 Jan 1996) ready at Sat J 1 16:22:58 2000 (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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