Subj : NNTP - Pan news reader
To : Amessyroom
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Jul 05 2025 12:33 am
Re: NNTP - Pan news reader
By: Amessyroom to Digital Man on Fri Jul 04 2025 10:31 pm
> Re: NNTP - Pan news reader
> By: Digital Man to Amessyroom on Fri Jul 04 2025 01:37 pm
>
> [0m >> Testing PAN news reader on linux. I have successfully connected it
> to news
> >> servers, but when using it with toolazy.synchro.net via NNTP
>
> [0m >> I cannot retreive articles. I can get group list, subscribe, and see
> >> headers.
> DM> Look at the BBS log output (from the Synchronet Services server,
> DM> running nntpservice.js) - that'll likely provide some clues. You can
> DM> enable more (e.g. debug-level) log output too.
> Jul 4 22:27:28 vmi1943160 synchronet[240297]: srvc 0172 NNTP
> [DOVE-Net.HAM_Radio] cmd: GROUP Xref
> Jul 4 22:27:28 vmi1943160 synchronet[240297]: srvc 0172 NNTP !no such group
It's weird that the client is sending "Xref" as an argument of the GROUP command - that should be the name of a newsgroup, but "Xref" likely is not.
> Jul 4 22:27:45 vmi1943160 synchronet[240297]: srvc 0186 NNTP cmd: MODE
> READER Jul 4 22:27:49 vmi1943160 synchronet[240297]: srvc 0186 NNTP cmd:
> MODE READER
>
> Thunderbird doesn't seem to have any issues. PAN gets the above !no such
> group message,when I select on an article for it to be downloaded.
>
> This is with debug on for Services Server. I'll dig further but with
> another client working, makes PAN seem suspect.[0m
Yeah, it's doing something weird. I'm not sure if there's something unique about the Synchronet nntpservice that's triggering that behavior, but it does seem unexpected.
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