Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!sloane From: sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: error accessing? Message-ID: <22145.25cda5fc@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Date: 5 Feb 90 22:12:44 GMT References: <7326.25cd7d22@zeus.unl.edu> Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Lines: 15 In article <7326.25cd7d22@zeus.unl.edu>, fi038@zeus.unl.edu (Fade to Black) writes: > This is something that is *really* bothering me. I don't have any idea why, > but in NEWS, sometimes when I try to read postings it comes up with > > ERROR: CANNOT ACCESS ITEM TEXT My best guess is that you are running ANU NEWS. If this is the case, then this error message indicates that NEWS has added the article to its database at some time in the past, but now it cannot access the article text. You should report the problem to your NEWS manager. Try sending mail to usenet@zeus.unl.edu. -- USmail: Bob Sloane, University of Kansas Computer Center, Lawrence, KS, 66045 E-mail: sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu, sloane@ukanvax.bitnet, AT&T: (913)864-0444