innxmit times out talking to Cnews site

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4 total messages Started by Ken Hornstein Wed, 06 Jan 1993 03:52

#5055

Author: Ken Hornstein
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 03:52

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I am running INN 1.2 on a DECstation 5000/240 running Ultrix 4.3.  Lately,
I've been seeing errors like this in nntpsend.log:

No reply after sending "rec/radio/amateur/misc/30836", Connection timed out
Rewriting batch file and exiting.

This only happens when talking to one particular site.  The site in question
is running C-news (I don't know what version).  I get the error on the same
file a couple of times, and then it goes through successfully.  Then after
a while it will hang on a different file.  The other side gets an error that
says "EOF received before final period".

I realize that this information isn't really enough to diagnose the problem.
I was just wondering if anyone has seen a problem like this before, or has
any idea whether it's a problem with my end or his end.

--Ken

Re: innxmit times out talking to Cnews site

#5056

Author: Edward M. Rynes - M.E.D./P.o.D.
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 16:36

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kenh@leps5.phys.psu.edu (Ken Hornstein) writes:

>No reply after sending "rec/radio/amateur/misc/30836", Connection timed out
>Rewriting batch file and exiting.
>
>This only happens when talking to one particular site.  The site in question
>is running C-news (I don't know what version).  I get the error on the same
>file a couple of times, and then it goes through successfully.  Then after
>a while it will hang on a different file.  The other side gets an error that
>says "EOF received before final period".

This is just an off the wall suggestion but we had a similar problem with
one of our feeds.  It turned out to be old software on a router interpreting
three `+'s at certain intervals as a hangup signal. (or something like that)

To test this, try to send the article via email (SMTP) and FTP.  If you also
have problems with those transfers then I would have someone check the routers
between you and your feed.
-- 
Edward M. Rynes  <rynes@INS.CWRU.Edu>              "Even in my drunken stupor
Information Network Services                I've got to admire your ingenuity
Case Western Reserve University               And I nod my head, oh so wisely
Cleveland, OH  44106-7072                      to the rhythm of your cruelty"

Re: innxmit times out talking to Cnews site

#5057

Author: Henry Spencer
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 17:40

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In article <1idl2eINNovi@wintermute.phys.psu.edu> kenh@leps5.phys.psu.edu (Ken Hornstein) writes:
>I am running INN 1.2 on a DECstation 5000/240 running Ultrix 4.3.  Lately,
>I've been seeing errors like this in nntpsend.log:
>
>No reply after sending "rec/radio/amateur/misc/30836", Connection timed out
>Rewriting batch file and exiting.
>
>This only happens when talking to one particular site.  The site in question
>is running C-news (I don't know what version)...

C News can't possibly be involved in this, actually, since it doesn't speak
NNTP, and this is an NNTP failure of some kind...
-- 
"God willing... we shall return."       | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
       -Gene Cernan, the Moon, Dec 1972 |  henry@zoo.toronto.edu  utzoo!henry

Re: innxmit times out talking to Cnews site

#5059

Author: Ken Hornstein
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 18:55

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In article <C0G13r.E77@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>C News can't possibly be involved in this, actually, since it doesn't speak
>NNTP, and this is an NNTP failure of some kind...

Yes, as it's already been pointed out to me, C News and NNTP are seperate
(something that I keep forgetting).  But it turns out that the routers between
me and my feed site were the culprit.

--Ken

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