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On Sun, 21 Sep 97 13:59:54 GMT, denr@denr.demon.co.uk (Denniss Riches
(Far, Far Beyond Bedlam)) wrote:

>
>I  obtain a PPP connection to Demon using Oasis v135, NOS .045 and of course
>startup.nos.
>
>When I send a newsletter I get the following messages.
>
>Connected to news server
><200 news.demon.co.uk NewsBorg [nnrp-02]
>>GROUP Comp.sys.atari.st (OR WHOEVER)
><211 939 64422 65771 comp.sys.atari.st group selected
>>GROUP
><501 command syntax error
>501 command syntax error
>ETC.ETC.
>
>Obviously Demon is looking for more than 1 group, or is this a very basic
>routine to check for any more newsletters to be sent??  

It's a harmless bug. I actually like it 'cos you know you're news
article has been received without having to leave verbosity at a high
level!

Basically, this is what gets said ...

Nos: select this news group [blah]
nntp: ok, give us the article
Nos: here it is [article]
Nos: select this news group [nowt]
nntp: fool, you've said sod all (501 error)

... and fortunately, at this point the RFC states nntp should reset
itself ready for another newsgroup. Fortunately demon implement this.
Some providers, notibly in the states, do not, which is why nos cannot
post news for them.

To be fair, this is not Nos. It's oasis plonking in a blank line where
it shouldn't - you could edit your .NWK files by hand and get rid of
it if you wanted.


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