Re: LYNX-DEV Posting to News fails with Lynx 2.6

[Klaus Weide]

On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Al Gilman wrote:

> This is an old problem here at DIGEX.  Posting to News worked
> with Lynx 2.4.2 but hasn't worked since.
> 
> The current OS version is indicated by
> > uname -a
> SunOS access1 4.1.4 1 sun4m unknown
> >
> The problem data collected below are from Lynx 2.6, reasonably
> vanilla.  I don't know what curses etc. switches DIGEX threw
> in the Makefile when they compiled.
> 
> Here is a screen snap from the edit session when I activated the
> "post to digex.test" button after g)o-ing to news:digex.test .
> 
> -----------------start verbatim-------------------------------
> From: address@hidden (Al Gilman)
> Subject: test of post from Lynx 2.6
> Newsgroups: digex.test
> Summary: try to trace possible blank line breaking header
> Keywords: Lynx 2.6 test News posting
> 
> This is a test
> 
> Al Gilman
> -----------------end verbatim-----------------------------------
> The From: header above was filled in by Lynx.  The other
> headers were blank until I edited them.
> 
> The following error message went by in a flash:
> -----------------start verbatim---------------------------------
> 
> Post this message? (y/n)
> Posting your message:
> 
> inews /tmp/L183210TMP.html
  ^^^^^
> 
> Please wait...Required "Subject" header is missing or empty.
> (Article not posted.)
> ------------------end verbatim-----------------------------


You may just have to use the "right" inews program, and/or call it
in the appropriate way.

As a first step, try defining INEWS as "inews -h" in userdefs.h and/or
lynx.cfg.

  Klaus

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