At 03:14 15.04.2000, you wrote: >Hi, > > > > Apr 14 08:48:18 clam nntpcache-update[533]: sockets.c:174: server > > > localhost:119 dropped during initial connect phase > > > This looks like you might have misconfigured something in > > nntpcache.servers -- it thinks localhost is a NNTP server > > and is trying to connect to get active / newsgroups. > >My new config for nntpcache.servers is identical to the one on my old >nntpcache installation. I've been over the files a dozen times and >everything is the same. > >What's even worse - nntpcached is not connecting to my upline. I can not >connect to any upline newserver, nor can I telnet to any localhost:port. > >I swear all I did was compile nntpcached-2.3.3 and do a make install... > >This is driving me nuts... Don't worry about, I cannot run 2.4.0b3. Same thing as you say: make/install. leaving 2.4.0b2 running ... best regards Christian Krackowizer +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Christian Krackowizer mailto:c.krackowizer@technodat.co.at | | schuler technodat gesmbh Phone: ++43-(0)662-2282-0 | | Jakob-Haringer-Strasse 6 FAX: ++43-(0)662-2282-9 | | A-5020 Salzburg / Austria http://www.technodat.co.at/ | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+