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From: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: inews error message
Message-ID: <862@stealth.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 6 Jan 90 01:20:13 GMT
References: <1271@cnca.UUCP>
Reply-To: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
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In article <1271@cnca.UUCP> scarpell@cnca.UUCP (Claude Scarpelli) writes:
> What is the meaning of this message, send by /usr/bin/inews :
> 	inews: Inbound news is garbled.

It means you made a booboo while talking to your local NNTP. Your
forgery will be instantly reported to sites nationwide and you'll
probably be thrown off the net if not executed on the spot. :-)

Seriously, inews doesn't like something about the article it received.
If you can reproduce the errant input, check for inconsistent, strange,
or missing header lines.

---Dan