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From: flee@guardian.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: What happens with the nntp.a$$ files?
Message-ID: <Ferg+b21@cs.psu.edu>
Date: 20 Jul 90 23:17:05 GMT
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The nntp.a$$ files can also be left around if the server times out
while talking to a news neighbor.  The NNTP server (1.5.9 and earlier)
doesn't properly finish batch files when a timeout occurs.
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Felix Lee	flee@cs.psu.edu