> Feb 9 00:27:58 news nntpcached[27043]: nntpcache.c:207:Invalid argument: SIGSEGV! <sigh> works fine here. > Feb 9 00:34:55 news nntpcached[27261]: acc.c:233:Invalid argument: > bad regular expression in spam.filter line 59: Inappropriate use of > magic character at offset: 1 > > Here's what's in it (leading comment lines snipped): > > ##Subject: 100001 nocase (money|cash|dollar|\$.*\$|^\$|\$$)|(great|business).*(opportunity|venture)|(rich|succ?ess).*(fast|quick)|((free|f r e e) offer)|(spam ) > > From: 100001 nocase (*netwin.com.nz*|*sex.org|*netzilla.net) > > Message-ID: 100001 nocase (*fake@netwin.com.nz*) > > Newsgroups: 100001 nocase (*forsale*forsale*forsale*forsale*) > > Newsgroups: 100001 nocase (*.sex.*.sex.*.sex.*.sex.*.sex.*) > > article 10001 nocase *answerme.com*|*t-1net.com* aieee! Most of these are invalid regex's It's your * use that is probably the problem. man egrep should tell you more. Particularly, (* and |* are bogus. > int umask 18 > > bool contentFilters true > bool xoverFilters true > > bool logFromClient true > bool logToClient false > bool logFromServer false > bool logToServer true > bool logListMerge false > bool logListMergeCorrelation false > bool logNocem true > bool logDebug false > bool logInfo true > bool logWarnings true > bool logErrors true > bool statistics true > > What's appearing in news.debug is lots of this: > > Feb 9 00:49:03 news nntpcache-client[27297]: sockets.c:427: <- ARTICLE 225488 > Feb 9 00:49:03 news nntpcache-client[27297]: sockets.c:463: => [news2.triton.net.:1119] ARTICLE 225488 > Feb 9 00:49:12 news nntpcache-client[27297]: sockets.c:427: <- ARTICLE 225490 > Feb 9 00:49:12 news nntpcache-client[27297]: sockets.c:463: => [news2.triton.net.:1119] ARTICLE 225490 Turn off logToServer to get rid of => and LogFromClient to remove <- > Also FYI: don't attempt nocem verification on a 486dx2/66. It won't > keep up with the volume of nocems currently being posted. :-( You *can* turn off pgp verification, which is fine as long as not too many people start doing it, Cheers, Julian.