No, we are not running newshound. It's a fairly simple, almost out-of-the-box setup. kaley > > > 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. >