On Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 02:50:39PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:

> Aah!  I found a log in /var/spool/slrnpull containing log entries since
> June 1998.  Shouldn't it be in /var/log? 

Probably should - it would certainly be more intuitive.

> 07/20/1999 21:57:39 ***Article
> /var/spool/slrnpull/out.going/X932481060-2322-1.jhspies rejected. status =
> 441: 441 No valid newsgroups in "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". 

> Question:  Why is slrnpull looking for newsgrous in
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is my email address while the news server is
> news.saix.co.za?

The error is from the server not slrnpull.

Check that you have created the articles correctly.  Without seeing the
articles I can't say for sure, but it looks very much like the
Newsgroups: header contains your e-mail address, which should be in the
From: header instead.

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