Frequently Asked Questions

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Java Client

Why aren't messages marked as read or unread? Because it hasn't been programmed yet. It is intended to add this at some point in the future.

I've created new messages, but they don't appear. Why? You cannot read messages created until you download the headers again.
The other possibility is that the permissions are wrong on the server, and the program anonysrv does not have rights to write to the /var/AnonyNews/messages directory. See your administrator.

I get blank messages appearing in the list. What is going on? If a file is corrupted on the server, it will create all sorts of anomalies in the client. Get your administrator to check the files in the /var/AnonyNews/messages directory for files with blanks in the first three lines.

I can't cut and paste into new messages! This feature will be added in a future release.

GTK Client

Why doesn't the Reply button always show? The Reply button will only appear if you have a message highlighted. When you click Reply it remembers the data from the message highlighted in order to allow the thread to remain connected.

Why can I only download headers once? There is currently a bug in the Download Headers software that sometimes causes the program to crash if the subroutine is called a second time. When it does not crash, it adds all the headers twice. This will be fixed in a future release.

Why aren't messages marked as read or unread? Because it hasn't been programmed yet. It is intended to add this at some point in the future.

I've created new messages, but they don't appear. Why? You cannot read messages created until you download the headers. You can only do this once (for now), so exit the program and run it again. Your messages will be there.
The other possibility is that the permissions are wrong on the server, and the program anonysrv does not have rights to write to the /var/AnonyNews/messages directory. See your administrator.

I get blank messages appearing in the list. What is going on? If a file is corrupted on the server, it will create all sorts of anomalies in the client. Get your administrator to check the files in the /var/AnonyNews/messages directory for files with blanks in the first three lines.

I can't cut and paste into new messages! This feature will be added in a future release.

The Client crashes saying "Broken Pipe" Could be loads of things, but probably the server is not running. Check the IP address is correct.

Server

When I start the server I get the message "address already in use:bind". Either the server is already running or the system has not yet released the IP address for programs to use. This can take several seconds on a busy system. Wait and try again.