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Re: Problem with Unix tin and Lugnet
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Fri, 4 Aug 2000 03:14:59 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Steve Borden writes:
> [...]
> Connecting to lugnet.com...
> OK.
> Reading input history file...
> Reading groups from active file.../
> Reading groups from newsrc file...
> [Never gets past this point]
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> Everything works fine, however, if I only subscribe to two groups or fewer.
> [...]
Steve,
Another thing to try: Rename (back up) your .newsrc file to something like
.newsrc.xyz and then re-run tin and let it load up everything starting from
scratch... If it works there when you subscribe to multiple newsgroups (it
worked for me when I just tried it with 5 random groups), then it's probably
something wrong or corrupt with your configuration, which would be a good
sign because then it's something that can probably be fixed or worked around
easily.
--Todd
p.s. The tin on my system reports itself (tin -V) as pre-1.4 release
19990517 -- earlier than the one you were running. Probably not much help.
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 | | Re: Problem with Unix tin and Lugnet
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| Todd, I tried both trn and slrn on a .newsrc file that tin wouldn't read. They handled it just fine. I've also tried deleting and re-creating .newsrc several times, as well as subscribing to different sets of groups, to see if that would have any (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Problem with Unix tin and Lugnet
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| I'm having some trouble getting the tin newsreader to work properly with lugnet. If I subscribe to more than two groups, tin will hang indefinitely during startup during the "Reading groups from newsrc file..." phase: tin 1.4 release 19991113 ("No (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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