Re: Download headers in a few newsgroups freeze tin?

On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 12:58:33PM -0800, Phillip Pi wrote:
> So any other ideas to try to analyze this problem? I am still getting 
> hangs here and there. :(
> > $ telnet news.mminternet.com 119
> > Trying 216.196.97.142...
> > Connected to news.isp.giganews.com (216.196.97.142).
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > 200 news.mminternet.net
> > mode rwe^H^Header
> > 500 syntax error or unknown command
> > mode reader
> > 200 News.GigaNews.Com
> > group alt.games.battlefield1942
> > xover 35204                    211 52997 13779 66775 
> > alt.games.battlefield1942
> > 
> > 224 xover information follows
> > 35204   Re: New DC Map: Occupied Territories    Flycutter® 
> > <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:40:3
> > 2 -0500 <[email protected]>    
> > <[email protected]> <1
> > [email protected]> 
> > <[email protected]>  2640    51
> > Xref: intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com alt.games.battlefield1942:35204
> > .
> > quit
> > 205 goodbye

this shows that overview entry for that article is ok, so the
question is why the download of all oevriew entries stopped (in the
middle of that entry).

urs
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