Kaley Davis <dsysop@drizzle.net> writes: > Hi. I am new to nntpcache, currently using version 2.4.0b2. It is working > very well with one exception: > > Periodically through the day, several client processes will spontaneously > launch which look something like this: > > nntpcache: news@nntpcache.drizzle.com [waiting for input] > > It's usually somewhere between 10 and 20 processes which are created. They > disappear within a few minutes, but during that time, it cause me to max out > my number of allowed simultaneous connections with my remote feed provider. > During that time, my customers get a "news server down" error message. Are you running newshound? Cheers, Julian.