Re: tin ends abruptly

On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 04:14:20PM +0200, Dirk Nimmich wrote:

> > 200 Leafnode NNTP Daemon, version 1.9.19 running at bolte.at.home
> 
> Before doing anything else, please upgrade this ancient version of
> Leafnode. It has numerous bugs, including security related ones. If
> the problem persists, report back and I'll have a closer look.

Besides, that it was running for several years now without any trouble, you
are probably right.

> > Now we are coming to the meat. The rather old version of leafnode seems to
> > throw a core few seconds before tin terminates:
> 
> Well, then ... another reason to upgrade.
> 
> > Mar 28 14:48:14 bolte leafnode[5571]: <XOVER 2467-2766
> > Mar 28 14:48:14 bolte leafnode[5571]: >224 Overview information for postings 2467-2766:
> > Mar 28 14:48:14 bolte leafnode[5571]: >400 Service discontinued
>                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> This is the main offense. This is an unexpected response, and tins
> reaction is to stop running (continue to run wouldn't even help in
> this case). Servers should never send a response code without being
> asked to do anything.

Ok, then. Maybe tin should print a notice here: unexpected response from
server?

> (And while you are at it, you may consider to give your computer a
> real name. home is no valid TLD. invalid is, however, if that's what
> you are looking for. But I wonder why you don't use your cknoke.de
> domain; that's what domains are for, aren't they?)

I know. But at the time I started to use 'home', it was not a registered
domain name, nor was cknoke.de. I'm a bit lazy changing this.

Thanks for your help.

Christian

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