Subject: Bug#3950: INN message size limitation to 350K does not work

From: Christoph Lameter <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 07:48:36 -0700 (PDT)

Package: inn
Version: 1.4unoff4-1

The maximum article size is reduced in the Debian version to 350K from
the standard 1Meg.

This caused my newsfeed to fail since the rejected message was offered
again and again. Debian's INN finally simply failed with a timeout.
A log file (/var/log/news/news.notice) follows showing one instance of the
failure that lasted for two days (Repeated over and over). At 7:30 in this
log I recompiled INN and raised the message size limit to 1Meg and the
feed picked up again.

debian/config.data/debian:

##  Largest acceptable article size; 0 allows any size
#### =()<MAX_ART_SIZE           @<MAX_ART_SIZE>@>()=
MAX_ART_SIZE            1000000

I also raised the default timeout but I dont think this has anything to do
with the problem since it refers to log i/o.

##  Flush logs if we go this long with no I/O.
#### =()<DEFAULT_TIMEOUT                @<DEFAULT_TIMEOUT>@>()=
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT         600

Jul 28 07:10:37 miriam innd: pvc7.news.psi.net connected 18
Jul 28 07:14:01 miriam innd: localhost connected 19
Jul 28 07:14:01 miriam innd: localhost:19 closed seconds 0 accepted 0
refused 0 rejected 0
Jul 28 07:15:39 miriam innd: pvc7.news.psi.net:18 readclose
Jul 28 07:15:39 miriam innd: pvc7.news.psi.net:18 closed seconds 302
accepted 0 refused 0 rejected 0
Jul 28 07:21:40 miriam nnrpd[4994]: aaron.fuller.edu group rec.gardens 78
Jul 28 07:29:08 miriam innd: overview closed
Jul 28 07:29:08 miriam innd: psinntp closed
Jul 28 07:29:08 miriam innd: control:12 closed
Jul 28 07:29:08 miriam innd: localconn:14 closed
Jul 28 07:29:08 miriam innd: remconn:4 closed
Jul 28 07:29:09 miriam innd: ME shutdown received signal
Jul 28 07:29:26 miriam nnrpd[5681]: pigeon.qut.edu.au group
linux.dev.kernel 52
Jul 28 07:29:42 miriam innd: ME descriptors 256
Jul 28 07:29:42 miriam innd: ME outgoing 243
Jul 28 07:29:59 miriam innd: ME ccsetup control:12
Jul 28 07:29:59 miriam innd: ME lcsetup localconn:14
Jul 28 07:29:59 miriam innd: ME rcsetup remconn:4
Jul 28 07:30:00 miriam innd: overview spawned overview:17:proc:6710
Jul 28 07:30:00 miriam innd: psinntp opened psinntp:16:file
Jul 28 07:30:00 miriam innd: ME starting
Jul 28 07:30:25 miriam nnrpd[5681]: pigeon.qut.edu.au exit articles 52
groups 2
Jul 28 07:30:25 miriam nnrpd[5681]: pigeon.qut.edu.au times user 1.190
system 1.100 elapsed 1505.225
Jul 28 07:30:34 miriam nnrpd[6738]: dialup-pkr-2-9.network.umr.edu connect
Jul 28 07:30:42 miriam nnrpd[6738]: dialup-pkr-2-9.network.umr.edu exit
articles 0 groups 9
Jul 28 07:30:42 miriam nnrpd[6738]: dialup-pkr-2-9.network.umr.edu times
user 0.190 system 0.090 elapsed 7.730
Jul 28 07:31:40 miriam innd: pvc7.news.psi.net connected 18
Jul 28 07:34:40 miriam nnrpd[4994]: aaron.fuller.edu group rec.humor.funny
11
Jul 28 07:34:40 miriam nnrpd[4994]: aaron.fuller.edu exit articles 89
groups 2
Jul 28 07:34:40 miriam nnrpd[4994]: aaron.fuller.edu posts received 2
rejected 0
Jul 28 07:34:40 miriam nnrpd[4994]: aaron.fuller.edu times user 2.350
system 2.800 elapsed 4117.469
Jul 28 07:35:04 miriam nnrpd[6778]: in29.inetnebr.com connect
Jul 28 07:36:11 miriam innd: pvc7.news.psi.net:18 checkpoint seconds 269
accepted 199 refused 0 rejected 1
Jul 28 07:39:02 miriam innd: pvc7.news.psi.net:18 checkpoint seconds 442
accepted 399 refused 0 rejected 1
Waiting for data... (interrupt to abort)

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From: Miquel van Smoorenburg <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 22:44:12 +0200 (MET DST)

> The maximum article size is reduced in the Debian version to 350K from

I know; this was put in as a local policy on our site and should never
have gone in the Debian version. You can set your own max. msg size
with the "-l" flag to innd.

> log I recompiled INN and raised the message size limit to 1Meg and the

Or edit /etc/news/boot to add "-l 1000000" to FLAGS at the top..

Mike.
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