Re: Download headers in a few newsgroups freeze tin?

On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 06:59:45PM -0800, Phillip Pi wrote:
> I compiled tin v1.7.7 with -DDEBUG and retested my issue. I attached the 
> NNTP file. Here's the end of the file:
> 
> <<<: 211 52988 13779 66766 alt.games.battlefield1942
> nntp command: NEWGROUPS 041201 151432
> >>>: NEWGROUPS 041201 151432
> <<<: 231 newsgroups follow
> NEWGROUPS 041201 151432: OK
> nntp command: LISTGROUP alt.games.battlefield1942
> >>>: LISTGROUP alt.games.battlefield1942
> <<<: 211 article numbers follow
> LISTGROUP alt.games.battlefield1942: OK
> setup_hard_base: LISTGROUP alt.games.battlefield1942
> nntp command: XOVER 13779-66766
> >>>: XOVER 13779-66766
> <<<: 224 xover information follows
> XOVER 13779-66766: OK
> 
> 
> Tin is hanging at "Group alt.games.battlefield1942 ('q' to quit)...  40%
> (2:11 remaining)" and I don't think it can log anymore to report it. Any 
> other ideas to try?

fetch the overview of the group manually and (let us) see if it is
broken ("|>" is input, "|<" is output"):

|>	chao ~ > script sessionlog
|<	Script started, file is sessionlog
|>	chao ~ > telnet news.example.org 119
|<	Trying 10.10.10.10...
|<	Connected to bignews.example.org
|<	Escape character is '^]'.
|<	200 example.org news server (posting ok).
|>	MODE READER
|<	200 example.org news server (posting ok).
|>	GROUP alt.games.battlefield1942
|<	480 Authentication required for command
|>	AUTHINFO USER foo
|<	381 PASS required
|>      AUTHINFO PASS bar
|<	281 Ok
|>      GROUP alt.games.battlefield1942
|<	211 10 100 110 alt.games.battlefield1942
|>	XOVER -
|<	224 data follows
|<	[... output truncated ...]
|<	.
|>	QUIT
|<	205 .
|<	Connection closed by foreign host.
|>	chao ~ > exit
|<	Script done, file is sessionlog

the output is stored in sessionlog (remember to remove your password
if in the file), mail it to [email protected] and we will check if it
contains any bogus overview-records (I'm sure it does) and if we can
do anything against it.

urs