Xref: utzoo news.software.b:7361 news.software.nntp:1238 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!cobber!overby Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.software.nntp Subject: Re: nntp files Message-ID: <1991Apr3.213558.1035@cobber.cord.edu> From: overby@cobber.cord.edu (Glen Overby) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 91 21:35:58 GMT References: <1991Mar31.214919.17956@ssd.kodak.com> Distribution: na Organization: Concordia College, Moorhead MN Summary: I had the problem too, and it ate me alive Lines: 22 In article <1991Mar31.214919.17956@ssd.kodak.com> dcox@ssd.kodak.com (Don Cox (253-7121)) writes: >Every now and then I get an nntp buildup, such as: [lots of nntp.a files] I had a similar problem here, and I found that I also had an nntpd processes to accompany each of the files! Apparently nntpd wasn't exiting when the session ended. I usually noticed this after I'd get a dozen or so NNTPDs hanging around apparently using a little CPU time here and there. The problem magically went away when I recompiled WITHOUT CNEWS Batching (I'm running nntp 1.5.11 of course) so now I'm back to using newsspool for every incoming article. YUK! Any ideas? (I'm on a Solbourne Series 4 with OS/MPX 4.0D (SMP) ~= SunOS 4.0.3 running C-news. My feed comes from a VMS site, if that makes any difference). -- Glen Overby overby@cobber.cord.edu Technical Manager uunet!plains!cobber!overby (UUCP) Concordia College overby@plains (Bitnet) 901 S 8th St, (218) 299-4192 (ofc) 299-4151 (dept)