Re: snsend failing in POST?

Sonya Chang <[email protected]> wrote:
[snip lots of good info]

You didn't mention what OS you run, though. Linux, I presume?

> I've modified the end of the last block of the default POST script to
> read:
> 
> } | snsend -v || fail "Unable to post to $postable ($?)"
> 
> and I consistently get "Unable to post to test.group (2)" when I
> attempt to post.

Well, error code 2 means "system error" (as stated in the man page).
Did you check the log file for any output? Try adding -Pddd to
the snsend call to enable all debug messages, hopefully it will report
why it dies.

> I've posting with pine from the local host and also Mozilla news
> remotely; both appear to fail in the same way.
> 
> Any insights would be most appreciated... most of the sn installation
> setup was so much better than working with the behemoth that is innd
> that I would love to be able to continue using it.

Exactly why I started using sn, too. :)

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