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From: Vincent Iyengar
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 00:00

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 In article <832132800_OASIS_@swampdog.demon.co.uk>
  guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk (Guy Harrison) said:-

> In article <832102282_OASIS_@musimind.demon.co.uk>
>  vi@musimind.demon.co.uk (Vincent Iyengar) said:-
>
>>I've noticed that it usually takes a few days for an article I have 
>>written to appear in a news group.  Sometimes the article or a reply 
>>to another article never gets posted at all.  Why is this?  What 
>>happens to the article?  Does it just disappear in the ether of 
>>cyberspace?  I notice it says something like 501 syntax error when it 
>>goes, but this does not always seem to be a problem.
>
>The 501 error is produced by Nos and is a bug. Fortunately Demon 
>implement this bit of the RFC ok so the article is in fact sent.
>
>
Yes, but I still don't understand what happens to the article once it is sent. 
If it never appears in the newsgroup's list of articles does it mean nobody can
read it. 
I notice that when it does appear, if it does, it is always when somebody has
replied to it.   
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From: vi@musimind.demon.co.uk (Vincent Iyengar)
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Date: 1996/05/14
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