Refer to the message I wrote yesterday. I have compared the result of you nntpcache and InterNetNews NNRP server. Log from NNTPCACHE ------------------ 21:18 nntp <<< 200 slave.applause.no NNTPcache server V0.88.2UL Jul 5 1996 ready (posting ok). 21:18 nntp state: 'Connected' '' 21:18 nntp state: 'Posting' '' 21:18 nntp >>> NEWGROUPS 960623 211008 21:18 nntp state: 'New groups' 'new groups' 21:18 nntp <<< 503 internal error 21:18 ERR nntp 'internal error' 21:19 nntp >>> QUIT 21:20 nntp <<< 205 21:20 nntp state: 'Done' '' 21:20 nntp: It took 0s to count messages 21:20 nntp: Of a total of 0 messages, 0 were discarded 21:20 nntp: 0 bytes transferred at 0 bytes/s 21:21 nntp state: 'Done' '' 21:21 nntp: It took 0s to count messages 21:21 nntp: Of a total of 0 messages, 0 were discarded 21:21 nntp: 0 bytes transferred at 0 bytes/s ----------------------------------------------------------------- Log from InterNetNews NNRP -------------------------- 24:10 nntp <<< 200 troll.powertech.no InterNetNews NNRP server INN 1.4 22-Dec-93 ready (posting ok). 24:10 nntp state: 'Connected' '' 24:10 nntp state: 'Posting' '' 24:10 nntp >>> NEWGROUPS 960623 211008 24:10 nntp state: 'New groups' 'new groups' 24:12 nntp <<< 231 New newsgroups follow. 24:12 nntp state: 'New groups 10' '' 24:12 nntp >>> NEWNEW 24:12 nntp >>> comp.binaries.acorn,comp.sys.acorn.extra-cpu,comp.sys.acorn.announce,comp.sy s.acorn.hardware,comp.sys.acorn.misc,comp.windows.misc 24:12 nntp >>> 960623 211008 24:12 nntp state: 'Counting' 'messages' 25:12 ERR nntp 'nntp timed out after 60 seconds' 25:12 nntp state: 'Done' '' 25:12 nntp: It took 0s to count messages 25:12 nntp: Of a total of 0 messages, 0 were discarded 25:12 nntp: 0 bytes transferred at 0 bytes/s 25:13 ERR nntp 'Serious error (error 9)' 25:13 nntp state: 'Done' '' 25:13 nntp: It took 0s to count messages 25:13 nntp: Of a total of 0 messages, 0 were discarded 25:13 nntp: 0 bytes transferred at 0 bytes/s 25:13 nntp state: 'Done' '' 25:13 nntp: It took 0s to count messages 25:13 nntp: Of a total of 0 messages, 0 were discarded 25:13 nntp: 0 bytes transferred at 0 bytes/s Hope you can tell me what I have done wrong with NNTPCACHE or what my user is doing wrong... Erik Leirdal email: erikl@applause.no Applause Data AS tel: +47.61.19.03.80 Norway fax: +47.61.19.05.80 gsm: +47.90.02.81.19