Changi NNTP Server 1.0

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The following list presents solutions and workarounds to common problems.

Installation

Connecting newsreaders

Connecting feeds

Other


I can't get Changi working on my FAT formatted drive

Changi doesn't and never will work with filesystems with limited 8.3 file names. In addition Changi would run very badly on filesystems with sequentially accessed directories, because some news subdirectories may easily get filled with several thousand files.

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After installation Changi sits there doing nothing

Works like designed. You need to run CHANGI.EXE constantly for your newsreader clients. Running CHANX.EXE will update your newsbase, unless you're connected to a pushfeed.

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The NNTPSERVER environment conflicts with my newsreader

If you define NNTPNEIGHBOR, Changi will ignore NNTPSERVER.

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When I select a newsgroup there is a lot of disk activity

Either your newsreader doesn't support XOVER or your overview base needs to be updated. Use another newsreader (NR/2 supports XOVER) or run chanco oversync normal to let Changi rebuild all overview files in the background.

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How to call Changi from inetd?

It is not possible to call Changi from inetd. Unlike common UNIX implementations, TCP/IP sockets are not part of the OS/2 kernel. Inetd uses a very special method of calling servers, which is difficult to implement into a multithreaded server like Changi.

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NR/2 can't connect Changi

After changing to CHANGIWORKDIR and typing ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 followed by start changi followed by nr2 127.0.0.1, NR/2 appears, shuts down and reappears without any news. Fortunately, Martin Knaup found a solution.

This problem may appear if you previously used NR/2 to read news online from your provider's newsserver and later switched back to Changi. It looks like an entry will have been left in TCPOS2.INI under Application CONNECTION / Key CURRENT_CONNECTION, which seems to force NR/2 to ignore the server given on the command line.

Removing the CURRENT_CONNECTION entry in TCPOS2.INI solves the problem. There are no side effects reported so far. You need an Ini-File-Editor to do that.

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My provider complains about Chanx

When Chanx first issues the NEWNEWS command the ISP server may need some time to dispense the first article-ids. Minutes later the next bunch of ids follows. It seems the server is heavily loaded with this job.

Reduce the number of concurrent Chanx threads with option -n. Try to use an asterisk in your newsgroup list of host.last wherever possible. Don't use newsrc as your list of groups. If all this doesn't help, try to run Chanx with option -mw or -mx.

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There is no host.last file on my disk

Let's assume your provider's news server is news.ping.de. Then CHANGIWORKDIR\ping.de\news.last is the file you're looking for.

This file will be created when you call Chanx for the very first time, when case you must supply date, time and a list of newsgroups.

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After checking and rechecking I can't get my posts out

Check your environment variable definitions in the config.sys again. They should neither contain leading nor trailing spaces.

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Chanx receives a lot of junk messages

Exclude junk from your host.last or newsrc file.

Also make sure that you've included all the newsgroups you're downloading (the ones in your .last file) in your active file.

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I want to use a squish compatible reader for news

In that case Changi is not for you. Try Gigo, a fidonet-usenet gate written by Jason Fessler and available at www.gigo.com.


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URL: changi/manual/probmore.html
Created: 3 August 1996
Revised: 21 November 1996
Author: harald@os2point.ping.de