Re: [Pan-users] Re: HELP: corrupt headers in 0.14.2.90

[Jeff Vian]

Nelson wrote:

> The problems I've been having are occurring in the binary groups, in 
> particular alt.binaries.multimedia.alias.  It's occurring to me 
> whether I'm on Supernews' news server or my ISP's server, Earthlink.
>
> I'm running on RedHat 7.3 and have compiled all the versions of pan 
> from a tarball that I currently use, which are 0.14.2.90 and 0.14.1.
>
> I don't exactly remember when this problem started except that it did 
> start when I upgraded from 0.14.1 to 0.14.2.  When I compile and 
> install from tarballs, I issue the --prefix to ./configure to put them 
> in their own location.  Removing old versions of any program is done 
> simply by deleting the directory it's installed in.  So for example, I 
> would have a directory called pan-0.14.1 and a directory called 
> pan-0.14.2.90.
>
> At first I thought it might have been a corrupt file somewhere between 
> upgrades.  So I have already tried renaming ~/.pan and having 
> 0.14.2.90, as well as 0.14.1 recreate that directory and its files.  I 
> have even compiled and installed 0.14.2.90 to a new user account, but 
> the problem still persists when accessing this particular newsgroup.

From your descriptions, It appears the problem may actually be a 
corrupt post in the newsgroup.  I had a similar situation several months 
ago, and it went away after enough time had passed for the server to 
expire the suspected corrupt articles.  

I know this is not a very pleasant option, but it may be the only choice.
You have already confirmed this behavior is likely NOT related to pan. 
It occurs regardless of which version you are using, and it is limited 
to a single newsgroup.  Thus something within the one newsgroup is at 
fault.  Timing related to your upgrade is likely coincidental.

This can be verified if someone else can check the same newsgroup to see 
if they get similar behavior.  Unfortunately I cannot try that because I 
do not have enough room for reading news right now.

Jeff

"When all likely causes are exhausted, the one remaining, however 
unlikely, is usually the culprit" -- unknown