> Hi there,
>
> I have a win2k box with news and I just installed Dnews.
> I want to suck the messages from the windows machine I gave Dnews
nntp_feeder nntp.myserver.domain * and it doesnt look like it's working. I
have put in the dnews.conf pull true and it still doesnt seem to suck
anything from the other box.
> I have checked on the win2k box to make sure that anyone could suck from
it.
Hi,
The usual problem is that you have no groups cached. Set 'pull false' in
dnews.conf, and then -
tellnews reload
tellnews update_clear
tellnews cached test.group.name 2
tellnews update
You should then see the group 'test.group.name' start to contain articles
soon after doing the tellnews update. You can check the progress of the
update using 'tellnews status'.
If that hasn't worked, check dnews.log for information on a possible
cause... usually authentication is the problem, in which case you need to
change your nntp_feeder line like this -
nntp_feeder nntp.myserver.domain * username password
If authentication is not the problem, could you please send us your
dnews.conf, expire.conf, dnews.log showing the tellnews update, the name of
the problem group you tested with, and the output of 'tellnews showcached'.
>From that we should be able to advise you on how to correct the problem.
- Roydon L.
