On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 10:07:46PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
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> > Is there any kind of test we could put in place to make sure this
> > doesn't happen again? I mean I can't remember a single day in the last
> > 5 years that hackers didn't get at least one message.
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> The only thing think of is to do something like:
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> # telnet localhost nntp
> Trying ::1...
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 200 news.hub.org InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.4.3 ready (posting ok).
> GROUP pgsql.hackers
> 211 48254 37 48358 pgsql.hackers
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> Now, that said, not sure what the numbers mean ... 48358 is the latest, and 37
> is the oldest article number based on the active file ... not sure what the
> 211/48254 are though ...
211 = response code
48254 = *estimated* number of articles in group
37 = low watermark (first article)
48358 = high watermark (last article)
//Magnus