----- Original Message ----- From: "HarryB" <harry...@bellsouth.net> To: <pan-users@nongnu.org> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 15:08 PM Subject: [Pan-users] Re: Problems with some replies
> On Thursday 11 December 2008 3:01:34 pm Jim Henderson wrote: >> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:50:40 -0600, HarryB wrote: >> > New Pan (v0.132) user, running under Debian 4.0 and KDE 3.5.10. >> > >> > I have been able to post a new message to the newsgroup >> > rec.bicycles.tech and one or two replies, but additional replies fail >> > because the server rejects them and returns the following error: "441 >> > Posting Failed (Rejected by POST filter)" . >> > >> > I tried the same in 0.test and the results were the same: I could post >> > at least one reply to my initial message, but subsequent replies failed. >> > >> > So, I booted into Windows and fired up Free Agent, my old newsreader. I >> > was able to reply without a problem. So, it appears that the problem is >> > with Pan and not my news server, bellsouth.net. >> > >> > What doesn't my news server like about Pan's replies? >> > >> > TIA, >> > Harry >> >> You'll probably have to ask the provider. Most NNTP servers can apply a >> script against headers and message contents and reject based on content - >> only the provider can tell you why your post was rejected since they >> maintain the filter. >> >> Jim > > Hello Jim, > > What makes me think it is a problem with Pan is that after being unable to > post the reply, I booted into Windows, fired up Free Agent and downloaded the > same thread. I then replied to the same message using the same words I had > originally typed into Pan. > > In fact, in order to make sure I used the exact same words, I made a copy of > the post and pasted it into my email client in Linux and emailed it to > myself. After booting into Windows I downloaded the email message and pasted > the exact words I had typed in Pan into my reply from Free Agent. > > So, in my non-technical mind, there was absolutely no difference that my > provider saw in the body of the message. The only difference that I can see > is that one was sent from Pan while the other from Free Agent. Again, the > bodies of the messages were almost identical, if not, identical. > > To see if I could replicate the problem I posted a test message to 0.test and > then replied to it, and then replied to the reply, just like one normally > sees in a Usenet thread. After the third reply I got a warning (from Pan, I > assume, since it was almost instantaneous) which read, "There were problems > with this post. Warning: The message is mostly quoted text." I deleted the > quoted text and attempted to send the reply again. Once again I received > the "441 Posting Failed" message. > > So, I again booted into Windows and downloaded the thread I had started in > 0.test and tried to reply to it from Free Agent. No problems. In fact, I > replied to a number of the replies without any trouble. Then I booted back > into Linux and started Pan. Once again, I was unable to reply to the same > messages that Free Agent was able to reply to. > > To summarize, there are messages to which I can reply from Free Agent which I > can't reply to from Pan. I just don't understand why that would be my ISP's > fault. > > Cheers, > Harry I rarely delete text when Pan says there is too much quoted text. I click the "Post Anyway" button and away it goes. -- Travis in Shoreline Washington _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
