Problem importing articles from a newsgroup. (fwd)

Debra Walker (debraw@wwa.com)
Mon, 02 Sep 1996 15:35:16 -0500

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Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 13:16:46 -0500
From: debraw@wwa.com (Debra Walker)
Subject: Problem importing articles from a newsgroup.

Hello to all.

I recently have encountered a strange problem when I attempt to import
articles from a particular newsgroup (comp.unix.msdos). I am running
Yarn95 (0.92) and Souper 1.6, b1 (souper95.exe).

The other day, I added the newsgroup to my .newsrc. Since then, when I
run my Souper BAT file to import/export mail/news, I have been unable
to import anything from comp.unix.msdos, despite the fact that Souper
lists 1 unread article in that group. When I have checked the
newsgroup, using trn via my shell account, there are no unread articles
in that newsgroup. Here is a portion of the output from a recent
Souper session:

souper: 1 unread article in comp.unix.msdos
souper: 16 unread articles in news.admin.net-abuse.misc
souper: score -1 Newsgroups: alt.censorship,news.admin.censorship,news.admin.pol
icy,alt.cyberspace,alt.journalism,carleton.general,news.admin.net-abuse.misc,alt
.wired,talk.forgery,alt.fan.kia-mennie,alt.culture.jesse-garon
souper: score -1 Newsgroups: carleton.general,can.politics,can.general,can.legal
,ott.general,rec.gambling.misc,news.admin.net-abuse.misc,news.admin.censorship
souper: score -1 Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,sci.astro,sci.chem,sci.ph
ysics,dartmouth.alt.employees.discuss.procedures,dartmouth.talk.kiewit,sci.math,
sci.bio.misc
souper: 0 unread articles in news.software.readers
souper: 1 unread article in wwa.general
souper: 0 unread articles in wwa.support
souper: 0 unread articles in wwa.announce
"Downloading messages/articles..."
import: Email
import: filtered mail to folder SPAM-L
import: filtered mail to newsgroup yarn.list
import: filtered mail to newsgroup yarn.list
import: filtered mail to newsgroup yarn.list
import: alt.privacy.anon-server
import: chi.internet
import: comp.archives.msdos.announce
import: comp.mail.misc
import: comp.os.msdos.misc
import: news.admin.net-abuse.misc
import: 29 articles accepted

As one can see, that one unread article in comp.unix.msdos is not
imported. This is real puzzling to me. Does anyone have any ideas
about this?

Thanks in advance.

Debra Walker

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Debra Walker         debraw@wwa.com
Chicago, IL