[ai_group] Re: newsreader project
- From: "Dr.X" <drx@xxxxxxx>
- To: <ai_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:17:37 -0400
Ok, I see it. I'm going to do a remote control thing in netmeeting to take over
the server and check all the properties. If I have to shut down the nntp, it
will not respond to your queries but just try again in a few min. it will only
require me to hit the stop button then hit the start button again right away so
you will probably not even notice. Ok, I'm off to see if this server had to take
the short bus to server school when it was growing up. ;-)
Dr.X
-----Original Message-----
From: ai_group-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ai_group-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of John Jacques
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 12:13 AM
To: ai_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ai_group] Re: newsreader project
Oh, if you open a newsgroup message, then view it's source while it is
open in Netscape and I think Outlook it will show you the computer code
which is the message header and the message body. "Lines:" is in the
header and is suppose to be the number of lines in the message body.
The message body starts after the 1st blank line after the header.
Example a blank line seperates the header from the body.
--- "Dr.X" <drx@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> John,
>
> >It uses the "Lines:" keyword,
> but is not reporting the # of lines in the message body. It seems to
> be
> the number of lines written instead.
>
> Since I never set up a news server before, I'm really not sure what
> you mean. I
> look at the log file that foxynews generates but I don't see things
> like number
> of lines or a lines keyword. I also don't see a number that
> correlates to the
> number of lines that I download. Can you tell me where this info is
> so I can
> test for myself and configure the server accordingly? There are tons
> of
> configuration options on that server that I can play with. I just
> don't feel
> like reading all through the help files looking for something like
> that. I'd
> prefer to test it first and ask a newsgroup for the answer. By the
> way, we
> should have considered a newsgroup when we decided to make this list.
> :)
>
> Dr.X
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ai_group-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ai_group-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of John Jacques
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:18 PM
> To: ai_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ai_group] Re: newsreader project
>
>
> I should have the new offline reader for foxynews finished for Friday
> night/Saturday morning.
> Anybody know of a newsgroup posting program that we could use?
>
> I remeber "Blat.exe" for sending email, but I never heard of a news
> poster.
>
> Hello Dr.X, I've been trying out your news server. Thanks it is going
> to be a big help. Just one note in case someone else tries to do a
> newsreader and test it on your server. It uses the "Lines:" keyword,
> but is not reporting the # of lines in the message body. It seems to
> be
> the number of lines written instead. For example if I replied to this
> message and just typed on 4 different lines, then it would report
> "Lines: 4" when it should be more in the 20-30 line range.
>
>
> The "Lines: " keyword isn't a required header, so it doesn't matter I
> was just letting you know it isn't working correctly.
>
> Info:
> foxynews stores each message as an indiivual file called an Article.
> Each Article has a number 000-999 appened to it "Article_000.txt".
> The .log file for each newsgroup is very faulty. You can download the
> same messages over and over again and it would not change the .log
> file
> while it adds duplicate Article files. I didn't see any direct
> relationship between the log file and the Articles, but the log file
> does store the messageID, so foxynews must read EVERY Article in the
> newsgroup directory to match it up with the messageID. So if there
> are
> multiple copies of the same article it might (not sure) check each
> one
> and not know they are the same article.
> Also, because it stores each article in individual files it is really
> slow.
>
> John
>
>
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