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From: biocca@bevsun.bev.lbl.gov (Alan Biocca)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: trn problems
Message-ID: <9095@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 17 Jan 91 07:33:36 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California
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X-Local-Date: Wed, 16 Jan 91 23:33:36 PST

I have experienced two problems with the trn package.  The first was
the mthreads database builder overloaded our nntp server so badly that
it ceased to unbatch incoming news and overflowed its disk.  This I
solved by putting a delay in mthreads to limit the rate it can request
headers at.

The second problem is that if trn loses the connection to the nntp
server (typically a timeout when a user leaves trn running but doing
nothing for awhile) it incorrectly interprets the errors and unsubscribes
the user from all newsgroups.

I have not investigated this second problem, and potential users here
have indicated they'd rather wait than switch until this is resolved.

I have installed one set of (standard) patches to the software, bringing
it to version 1.1 if I remember correctly.

	Comments? Solutions?

		Thanks,
		Alan K Biocca
		WB6ZQZ