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Re: 'Blank' posts.

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In article <52d1c59329alan_calder@o2.co.uk>,
   Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <297cc3d152.Brian@bhowlett.plus.net>, Brian Howlett
> <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:
> > On 19 Sep, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

> > > I seem to be getting an increasing number of 'blank' posts on
> > > newsgroups with the text reading something like:-

> > > Lines: 218 Bytes: 14647

> > Check !Newshound.Config..GlobalRule for something like this -

> > $ max limits: # Get header for anything bigger than 15k
> > *[tab]*[tab]*>15k*[tab]*[tab]*[tab]*xover

> > This tells Newshound just to fetch headers of messages over 15K - ISTR
> > the default is 10K, and of course can be edited. If you want to
> > download the rest of the post you should use the "Fetch Body" option -
> > I assume Pluto has this (Messenger does).

> I think that's the answer that is needed.  I used to get a lot of these
> mysterious blank posts.  They vanished when we were given the advice to
> increase the maximum fetch size.  Mines at 20k just in case.

Thanks all - that's the problem. I dunno when/how this crept in. I looked
at my HD backup from a couple of years ago and there was no limit set in
the global rules.

-- 
*Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool*

    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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'Blank' posts. "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-19 13:29 +0100
  Re: 'Blank' posts. Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-09-19 13:45 +0100
  Re: 'Blank' posts. Chris Gransden <chrisg@care4free.net> - 2012-09-19 14:20 +0100
    Re: 'Blank' posts. "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-19 16:18 +0100
      Re: 'Blank' posts. Chris Gransden <chrisg@care4free.net> - 2012-09-19 17:12 +0100
  Re: 'Blank' posts. Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-09-19 18:01 +0100
  Re: 'Blank' posts. Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-19 18:47 +0100
    Re: 'Blank' posts. Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-09-19 19:10 +0100
      Re: 'Blank' posts. "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-20 00:18 +0100
        Re: 'Blank' posts. spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-20 07:22 +0100
          Re: 'Blank' posts. "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-20 10:26 +0100
    Re: 'Blank' posts. "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-20 14:34 +0100
      Re: 'Blank' posts. Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-09-20 15:19 +0100
        Re: 'Blank' posts. "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-20 16:08 +0100
          Re: 'Blank' posts. Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-09-20 16:18 +0100
            Re: 'Blank' posts. "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-20 16:34 +0100
        Re: 'Blank' posts. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-09-20 16:31 +0100
          Re: 'Blank' posts. Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-09-20 17:42 +0100
  Re: 'Blank' posts. "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-20 17:05 +0100
    Re: 'Blank' posts. Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-09-20 17:46 +0100
      Re: 'Blank' posts. "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-20 19:06 +0100
        Re: 'Blank' posts. Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-09-20 21:27 +0100
          Re: 'Blank' posts. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-09-21 09:17 +0100
    Re: 'Blank' posts. spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-21 07:05 +0100
      Re: 'Blank' posts. "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-21 10:11 +0100
        Re: 'Blank' posts. Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-09-21 15:08 +0100
          Re: 'Blank' posts. "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-21 15:39 +0100

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