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 In article <832201984_OASIS_@musimind.demon.co.uk>
  vi@musimind.demon.co.uk (Vincent Iyengar) said:-

> 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.

Once you are sure the article has left your machine (the 501 is a 
useful way of telling this!) then the problem becomes Demon's *but* 
that problem may be caused by you so you have to eliminate this 
possibility before you jump on them.

>I notice that when it does appear, if it does, it is always when 
>somebody has replied to it.

Check that you are sending your news to the correct machine. The 
following is the relevent section from STARTUP.NOS ...

nntp groups demon.announce demon.ip.support.atari
nntp addserver news.demon.co.uk 3600 
nntp dir \oasis\spool\articles
nntp trace 0
nntp verbose on
nntp batch on 16
nntp safety off
nntp newgroups on

You will have to "nntp kick" to invoke news with the above settings.

You may also want to check that "local post" in Oasis is turned off. 
This may be having some effect but as I've never turned it on I can't 
be certain.

btw, I've just noticed in demon.announce that some users connected to 
news2 are experiencing missing or duplicate postings. Check this out 
first.


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Guy Harrison

guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk