Re: Hello? sn doc, where?

Ferenc-Jan van Zijp <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Well, it is quite hard to determine your error when you
> > don't tell us what is the error message.
> 
> Sorry! It says, literally:
> Error reported by Server: Usage: POST (-options) <url>...
>    -m <method>   use method for the request (default is
> 'POST')

Hmm? As far as I know, there is no message like that in sn...
Are you combining sn with some other software?

> >3) What happens when you telnet to the server on NNTP port,
> >issue a 'post' command, put 'newsgroups:whateveryouhave',
> >type some chars and end your procedure with '.'? Does the
> >server accept the post?
> 
> Trying that as we speak...
> 
> ...it says the same as POST -h, with appended:
> 
> snntpd: do_post:POST died with 255
> 441 Posting failed

A problem like this one was reported on the list before, here's Harold's
response from back then:

--------------cut'n'paste---------------
You're right to suspect the POST script.  No part of sn exits with
255, I might suspect a shell problem, maybe related to an
environment variable.

I'd run the POST script manually, maybe with -vx, to trace the
problem.  The script is really overkill; you can roll your own if
you don't need cancel/control messages.
--------------cut'n'paste---------------

So, your best bet is to experiment with the POST script... (And please tell
the list what you did if you get it to work. :) )

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