Thanks for the reply - this is looking to be a great product, we had tried earlier versions back when it used to dump out on Netscape. Good to see it has come along. It does a whole stack of this on start up to /var/adm/debug .... Feb 12 22:02:11 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: sockets.c:390: <= [news.senet.com.au] alt.music.ween 0000001960 0000001917 y Feb 12 22:02:11 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: sockets.c:390: <= [news.senet.com.au] alt.binaries.pictures.anime 0000004369 0000004191 y Feb 12 22:02:11 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: sockets.c:390: <= [news.senet.com.au] alt.fan.peter-eimon 0000000020 0000000021 y Feb 12 22:02:11 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: sockets.c:390: <= [news.senet.com.au] alt.sports.basketball.nba.sac-kings 0000001911 0000001872 y It finishes with (debug) Feb 12 22:05:03 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: sockets.c:390: <= [news.senet.com.au] comp.os.ms-windows.win95.moderated^IGeneral Windows95 topics. (Moderated) Feb 12 22:05:03 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: sockets.c:390: <= [news.senet.com.au] comp.mail.imap^I^IDiscussion of IMAP-based mail systems. Feb 12 22:05:03 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: sockets.c:390: <= [news.senet.com.au] sci.engr.joining.welding^IWelding of materials for manufacture & repair. Feb 12 22:05:03 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: sockets.c:390: <= [news.senet.com.au] . This is /var/adm/messages just around the restart Feb 12 22:04:49 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11074]: connect from unknown@ria.roxby.net.au (203.56.105.10) Feb 12 22:04:39 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: checking server news.senet.com.au for 'active.times' Feb 12 22:04:40 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: merging 'active.times' from news.senet.com.au with existing group information Feb 12 22:05:01 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: checking server news.senet.com.au for 'newsgroups' Feb 12 22:05:01 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: merging 'newsgroups' from news.senet.com.au with existing group information Feb 12 22:05:03 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: update daemon finished Syslog itself did not have much to say ! When I telnet to the port I get the following(/var/adm/debug) : Feb 12 22:05:03 ria nntpcached-update[11047]: sockets.c:390: <= [news.senet.com.au] . Feb 12 22:07:04 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:378: -> 200 ria.roxby.net.au NNTPcache server V1.0.1 Feb 11 1997 ready (posting ok). Feb 12 22:07:06 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:366: <- lit^? Feb 12 22:07:06 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:378: -> 500 Syntax error or bad command Feb 12 22:07:08 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:366: <- list Feb 12 22:07:08 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:378: -> 215 Feb 12 22:07:08 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:378: -> . Feb 12 22:07:11 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:366: <- help Feb 12 22:07:11 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:378: -> 500 Syntax error or bad command Feb 12 22:07:16 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:366: <- list active Feb 12 22:07:16 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:378: -> 215 Feb 12 22:07:16 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:378: -> . Feb 12 22:07:20 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:366: <- list active Feb 12 22:07:20 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:378: -> 215 Feb 12 22:07:20 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:378: -> . Feb 12 22:07:21 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:366: <- quit Feb 12 22:07:21 ria /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[11089]: sockets.c:378: -> 205 ria:~# Thanks for the reply and I hope the above helps. Steve Baxter > > It would be helpful to see your syslog records. > -- > Debian GNU/Linux 1.2 is out! { http://www.debian.org/ } > Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <herbert@greathan.apana.org.au> > { http://greathan.apana.org.au/~herbert/ } > PGP Key: pgp-public-keys@pgp.mit.edu or any other key sites > >