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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Problems posting to newsfeed
Message-ID: <1991May11.220552.9575@zoo.toronto.edu>
Date: Sat, 11 May 1991 22:05:52 GMT
References: <1991May8.223945.12696@otsc.eds.com>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1991May8.223945.12696@otsc.eds.com> snyde_sl@tsca02.uucp (Steve Snyder) writes:
>... The articles show up on our local news server
>without any problem, but they never get sent back to uunet...

This means something wrong with the sys file, the code that interprets
it, or the togo files.  Are the permissions on the out.going directory
and its subdirectories suitable for relaynews to write in them?  I'd call
that the most likely problem.  The sys file excerpts look okay.

What does the log file say about a locally-posted article?  Anything in 
errlog?

>I've searched through all the C news, rn, usenet, and uucp documenta-
>tion I have (including the O'Reilly Managing and Using uucp and Usenet
>books), but I can not determine which process is supposed to create 
>the 'togo' file for a site.  This is supposed to happen automatically,
>right?  

Yes, it's done by relaynews, as written up (perhaps slightly tersely)
in news(5) and relaynews(8).

>I think the problem is most likely in our configuration files or maybe
>a problem with queuelen...

If the articles aren't even getting into the togo file, then it's not
a queuelen problem.

>Also how can I determine which grade my system uses for news? ...

Viauux normally uses a "d" grade.
-- 
And the bean-counter replied,           | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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