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From: sob@tmc.edu (Stan Barber)
Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: Help needed
Keywords: Bnews & mini-inews
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Date: 8 Jun 91 16:26:58 GMT
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In article <11492@alessia.dei.unipd.it> netnews@alessia.dei.unipd.it (Usenet Administrator) writes:
>NNTP server and normal B-news software  is on a HP 9000, and all seems
>to work by themselves. In another computer, an OLIVETTI LSX I've
>compiled a NNTP-version of B-news and NNTP-inews.
>Well, when I use postnews, or rn Pnews, I receive the message:
>"article refused" and some obscure characters.
>Then the article is stored on .bad directory on the server computer
>but not posted.

We'll assume that the B-news is 2.11 patchlevel 19. If not, then you need
to get that.

Now, if you are getting article refused, you nntp_access file may not allow
your site to post. Check to be sure that you have allowed posting for your
site in the nntp_access file.

If you are using both network address numbers and site names in your 
nntp_access file, that may be the source of the problems. Such usage is
known to cause non-obvious problems. It will be altered in NNTP 1.6 to do
"the right thing".

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Stan           internet: sob@bcm.tmc.edu         Director, Networking 
Olan           uucp: rutgers!bcm!sob             and Systems Support
Barber         Opinions expressed are only mine. Baylor College of Medicine