inews and rnews with INN1.4

From: Blue Moon Network Administrator <root_at_net.bluemoon.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 21:04:14 -0500 (EST)

We run a news server using INN1.4 unoff3 on a FreeBSD machine. All it
does is news.

I'm trying to get our DUnix 3.2c box to work properly with it via NNTP.

tin works fine for posting, I guess it has a built in inews type thing.

I can't get NN or TRN to post NUTHIN no matter how hard I beat on any
inews or rnews or mini-inews.

This has been driving me nuts for 3 months. I work on it for 6 or 8 hours
and get disgusted and let it sit for another month, always something more
important to do.

I built the inews.dist, rnews.dist and libinn.dist files and copied them
over to the DUnix box.
 
I tweaked them up and compiled them, no problems except for the
getserverbyfile() unresolved which I solved by compiling in the
clientlib.c files to inews and rnews.

No matter how I do with any distribution for NN, TRN or INN inews will
not post to our news server.
 
I can telnet to port 119 at news.bluemoon.net and post an article by hand
so I know it accepts connections and articles from here.
 
inews debug shows a normal looking article:

# inews -hD /usr/temp/killme
Path: not-for-mail
From: test_at_bluemoon.net
Newsgroups: misc.test
Subject: test of inn posting
Date: 22 Mar 1996 20:49:02 -0500
Organization: The Blue Moon Online System
Lines: 7
Sender: root_at_bluemoon.net
Message-ID: <4ivlae$lk8_at_net.bluemoon.net>

this is a test

-- 
J. Henry Priebe Jr.       President & Network Administrator
root_at_net.bluemoon.net     Blue Moon Internet Services
sysop_at_bbs.bluemoon.net    Blue Moon Online System
http://www.bluemoon.net   Try MoonMUD! "telnet mud.bluemoon.net 4000"
#
When I yank out the -D all I get is this:
# inews -h /usr/temp/killme
Warning Text unavailable -- Article will be spooled.
I have env's set and the news server file in /etc.
# echo $UUCPHOST
news.bluemoon.net
# echo $NNTPSERVER
news.bluemoon.net
# cat /etc/nntpserver
news.bluemoon.net
# 
When I run rnews -U the prompt returns immediately, nothing gets sent 
from the in.coming directory to the news server and the news server 
doesn't even receive a connection request from the DUnix machine at all, 
with either inews or rnews and never has.
That's as far as I ever get. NN and TRN can read fine, but not post and 
tin can read and post.
All the paths are correct, permissions are correct, config files are 
available, but still no go.
inews and rnews will not do a damned thing for me and never have no 
matter how meticulously I build them, no matter how many hours I spend 
reading docs and faqs.
We have to read and post via nntp so I need to make inews work.
What am I doing wrong here?
I've learned to hate inet news with a passion.
J. Henry Priebe Jr.       President & Network Administrator
root_at_net.bluemoon.net     Blue Moon Internet Services
sysop_at_bbs.bluemoon.net    Blue Moon Online System
http://www.bluemoon.net   Try MoonMUD! "telnet mud.bluemoon.net 4000"

Received on Sat Mar 23 1996 - 03:24:32 NZST