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- Message-ID: <NETNWS-L%93012708475641@VM1.NODAK.EDU>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.netnws-l
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:15:57 CST
- Sender: NETNWS-L Netnews List <NETNWS-L@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
- From: John Wm Province <JWP518W@SMSVMA.BITNET>
- Organization: SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
- Subject: VM Install problem
- Lines: 34
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- I am trying to install the VM Netnews package from Penn State and am
- having a problem that hopefully someone will recognize. We are new to the
- Internet and have had a bunch of stuff all thrown at us at once (gophers,
- WAIS, archies, etc). Compounding this, I am a VSE system programmer (not VM)
- and have tried to volunteer on some projects just to help some overworked
- staffers - I'm not really a network type (yet).
-
- Anyway, now that I've established my lack of credentials, on to the problem.
- We are trying to get a moderated nets list (AMERICAST.*) and are just today
- have started getting their feed. The information is being received by the
- NNTPRCVR server as they appear on the 191 disk as NNTPRCVR B1 (B2, B3, etc).
- However I am not getting them over to the NEWNEWS server disk. The CONFIG
- file is set up to hold them on the 100 minidisk. The ADDGROUP command has
- been successfully executed for all the Groups.
-
- When I execute NETNEWS, I get a list of all the Groups that have been set up
- and it shows zero as the number of articles. There seems to be at least nine
- transmissions currently accepted by the receiver. I also made sure the
- NETNEWS server CONFIG file had the "Servers NNTPRCVR" entry. I also got
- the last years worth of archive looking for anything that would pertain to
- this problem (but unsuccessfully).
-
- Does any VM site person out there have some suggestions? I'm sure I have
- done, or possibly haven't done and should, something in the setup/config.
- We have a limited time to review the Americast feed so I'm hitting the list
- sooner than I ordinarily would. Thanks for any help.
-
- By the by, if anyone can send me a general writeup on Netnews (VM in parti-
- cular), or can tell me where one can be found, I would appreciate that. I'm
- not sure if I grasp all the concepts yet.
-
-
- John Wm Province JWP518W at SMSVMA
- Southwest Mo State Univ JWP518W@VMA.SMSU.EDU
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