I'm trying to figure out this error:
$ lynx nntp://tank.wizards.com/
Connecting to NewsHost ...
Looking up tank.wizards.com
Making NNTP connection to tank.wizards.com
500 Command not recognized
Connecting to NewsHost ...
Looking up tank.wizards.com
Making NNTP connection to tank.wizards.com
Alert!: 501 Command syntax error
lynx: Can't access startfile nntp://tank.wizards.com/
When I do a trace, I see:
NNTP command to be sent: XGTITLE *
NNTP Response: 500 Command not recognized
500 Command not recognized
When I check the server, I see this:
$ telnet tank.wizards.com nntp
Trying 209.67.104.25...
Connected to tank.wizards.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
200 Message Board Server ready - posting allowed
HELP
100 Legal commands are:
ARTICLE Message-id|Message-number
AUTHINFO USER username | PASS password
BODY Message-id|Message-number
DATE
GROUP Group-name
IHAVE Message-id
HEAD Message-id|Message-number
HELP
LAST
LIST
LISTGROUP [group-name]
LIST OVERVIEW.FMT
MODE READER
NEWGROUPS date time [GMT]
NEWNEWS newsgroups date time [GMT]
NEXT
POST
QUIT
SLAVE
STAT Message-id|Message-number
XHDR header [range|<message-id>]
XOVER [range]
.
QUIT
205 Closing connection -- goodbye!
Connection closed by foreign host.
So what would be an alternative to WGTITLE?
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