> Thanks for the input :) > > Is there any plans to "fix" this problem? I would love to use nntpcache, > not only for my own services but also to have others use it downstream > from me... > > However, since there is a large number of netscape news users out there, > currently I can't use nntpcache because of this problem... > > Ricardo > > On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Frank Smith wrote: > > > Yes, Netscape's newsreader barfs when the 'show all newsgroups' command > > is almost complete (it seems to get the list OK, and gets the number of > > unread articles in each group, but as soon as it finishes, it crashes). > > The 4.0.beta 1 version is slightly better. It crashes as well, but > > seems to leave the list behind so you can at least look at it when you > > restart (although it will crash again if you try to update it). > > They both work fine when used directly to a real INN server. I traced > > it once, and NNTPCACHE closes the 'list active' command differently than > > nntpcached does. > > > > frank > > > > -- > > Frank Smith -- System Administrator E-mail: fsmith@spec.com > > Systems & Processes Engineering Corp. (SPEC) Voice:(512) 306-1100 x154 > > 401 Camp Craft Road Fax: (512) 306-1122 > > Austin, TX 78746-6558 Web: http://www.spec.com > > > I haven't had any problems here with the unix version for some time (since <1.0) what do you mean by 'closes'? Cheers, Julian.
