On 08/25/00 09:38:26 +0100, Haji, Mohmed wrote: > When you say connect properly to a server, I assume you mean, have it > listed in nntpcache.servers (whiich I have done). > > Any more ideas anyone? First, please read this: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html Second, you looking at the problem from the perspective of a user.. you need to figure out what's going on with the server; it's obviously not 'telnet' that is having the problem. Try to do manually what nntpcache goes through on startup: as the news user (not root!) on your server, try to read the config files. Try to write out an article to the spool. Try to connect to your upstream via telnet. If you connect, try to issue NNTP commands like 'mode reader' 'group rec.music.ambient' etc. Learn how to use gdb. Download ethereal (http://ethereal.zing.org) and capture traffic to and from your news server. Intelligent use of these two tools WILL make the problem visible, and probably obvious. Watch your logfiles (I like xtail running in a 200-cols-by-15-lines aterm).. have fun. -=Eric
