Closed
Bug 164957
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 23 years ago
news.metrocast.net gives me NNTP_ERROR while refreshing newsgroups
Categories
(MailNews Core :: Networking: NNTP, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
VERIFIED
DUPLICATE
of bug 103012
People
(Reporter: d_king, Assigned: sspitzer)
Details
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.1b) Gecko/20020827
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.1b) Gecko/20020827
While I'm refreshing my subscribed newsgroups from news.metrocast.net it stops
part way through the process. According to the NNTP log (which I will attach),
I'm getting an NNTP_ERROR.
Can't tell if this is a Mozilla problem, or a problem with the newsserver.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click on arrow next to news.metrocast.net in my setup.
Actual Results:
Refreshes 4-5 newsgroups only.
Expected Results:
Refresh all my subscribed newsgroups.
It seems that the newsgroup it stops on has zero messages in it (on the server
or on my machine).
Reporter | ||
Comment 1•23 years ago
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This NNTP log was created as per instructions at
http://www.mozilla.org/quality/mailnews/tests/sea-mn-newsgroup-function.html
Confirming, based on log.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Reporter | ||
Comment 3•23 years ago
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Some things have changed on my PC since I reported this bug, however, the bug
still exists.
I'm now running Windows XP SP1, and Mozilla 2002-09-26 TRUNK still has this
problem. I think OS is meant to be the lowest version for Windows bugs, and
their doesn't appear to be a generic Windows setting, so I'm leaving it at Win98.
Reporter | ||
Comment 4•23 years ago
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After a bit more digging into the log file, I notice a common trend.
The attached log has a similar line as this for nz.netstatus:-
0[2742d8]: (26e1a80) Receiving: 211 0 103 102 nz.org.net-society
However, I notice that both have a 0 (zero) as the second digit after
"Receiving". I don't see this on any "Receiving" line that works without a NNTP
error.
According to: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0977.txt
3.2.2. Responses
211 n f l s group selected
(n = estimated number of articles in group,
f = first article number in the group,
l = last article number in the group,
s = name of the group.)
411 no such news group
So this means in your case:
0[2742d8]: (26e1a80) Receiving: 211 0 103 102 nz.org.net-society
It has a zero-length of articles in the group (estimated), followed by 2
numbers: the first article number (103) and the last article number (102), then
of course the requisite name of the newsgroup.
I'll look, we have a known bug when a server sends us a zero-length newsgroup on
a refresh.
I think this is bug 103012. Please let me know if you agree. Thanks.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 103012 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Reporter | ||
Comment 7•23 years ago
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I'm not totally sure, as I also note that the first article number is greater
than the last article number. Or maybe that is considered OK.....I'm not sure
where the article numbers come from.
Reporter | ||
Comment 8•23 years ago
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OK, from digging in the code, you're right, this is a dup of Bug #103012.
The code seems to handle a read total being higher than number of messages in group.
Marking VERIFIED.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Updated•21 years ago
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Product: MailNews → Core
Updated•16 years ago
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Product: Core → MailNews Core
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