Re: Download headers in a few newsgroups freeze tin?

I emailed the file to [email protected]. It looks like it has funky 
characters in there.

Please note that this problem started a few weeks ago.
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On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Urs Janßen wrote:

> 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.