I'm seeing some strange behaviour with nntpcache 2.3.2.1 and Netscape Collabra.
When I subscribe to a new newsgroup, the list of newsgroups window shows
around 400 articles unread. However when I go to that newsgroup, it tries
to download around 770 article headers, *displays* all 770 article headers,
but still says around 400 articles unread. I try to view many of the articles
(I assume around 370 of them) I get the following error:
newsgroup server responded: Bad article number
Perhaps the article has expired
I performed a few tests:
% telnet nntpcache-server 119
Trying <ip address>...
Connected to nntpcache-server.domain.com
Escape character is '^]'.
200 nntpcache-server.domain.com NNTPcache server V2.3.2.1 [see www.nntpcache.org] (c) 1996-1998 Julian Assange <proff@iq.org> Mar 24 1998 ready (posting ok).
group nj.forsale
211 404 83267 83719 nj.forsale
list active nj.forsale
215
nj.forsale 83719 82893 y
.
% telnet newsfeed-server 119
Trying <ip address>...
Connected to newsfeed-server.domain.com
Escape character is '^]'.
200 newsfeed-server.domain.com InterNetNews NNRP server INN 1.7.2 08-Dec-1997 ready (posting ok).
group nj.forsale
211 404 83267 83719 nj.forsale
list active nj.forsale
215 list:
nj.forsale 83719 83267 y
.
It seems that the active file data (I assume is stored in memory) is out of
date. What is the best way to keep this data up to date? I have the
following settings in the nntpcache.servers file:
# host:port Interface Active Act.tim Newsgrp Group Xover Arts
newsfeed-server.domain.com. DEFAULT 30m 24h 24h 30m 60d 60d
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Please contact me if there are any further questions via INTERNET mail at
jsv@bms.com. Thank you very much!
Jeffrey Veiss (jsv@bms.com) PO Box 5400
Network Engineer Princeton, NJ 08543-5400
Corporate Telecommunications (609) 818-3308
Bristol-Myers Squibb (609) 818-7814 (fax)
