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Re: 501 usage error on NNTP

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From: dave
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 00:00
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In article <823768798_OASIS_@phil4.demon.co.uk>
           phil4@phil4.demon.co.uk "Phil Hough" writes:

> I got a 501 usage : GROUP Newsgroup   error on every article I tried 
> to send last night. (I really wonder if this one will get through).  
> Can somone tell me what it means, and what the most likely cause and 
> solution are ???
> 

SFAIAA it is a known bug in NOS. The error doesn't mean anything, the post 
still goes. It can be handy actually, you can see when your posts are going
if the system is slow.

BTW just me or was it back to bloody awful last night? 
-- 
dave

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From: dave <dave@mbha.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: 501 usage error on NNTP
Date: 1996/02/09
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