List of Microsoft NNTP Service Events
NNTP events for Microsoft NNTP Service are listed here in the format Event ID: Type (for example, 100: Informational), followed by the description for the event and information on recommended user actions.
1: Error
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Description |
Microsoft NNTP Service cannot initialize its security.
Error Description: %1. |
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User Action |
Check the Windows NT configuration, and restart the computer. For more information, see theWindows NT Server documentation. |
2: Error
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Description |
Microsoft NNTP Service cannot initialize the socket library (Wsock.dll). Network settings might be incorrect, or another service might be connected to the port youÆve configured for TCP/IP.
Error Description: %1. |
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User Action |
Restart the computer.
Check the TCP/IP configuration in the Network application under Windows NT Control Panel. If TCP/IP is installed, be sure that it is bound to the correct adapter(s). For more information, see the Windows NT Server documentation.
Stop any other services listening on the port you have configured for TCP/IP, or change the port in the NNTP Site property sheet in Internet Service Manager. |
3: Error
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Description |
Microsoft NNTP Service cannot initialize because there is not enough memory available.
Error Description: %1. |
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User Action |
Free up the memory currently in use by closing any nonessential applications. You might also want to increase your systemÆs physical or virtual memory. For information, see the Windows NT Server documentation. |
4: Error
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Description |
Microsoft NNTP Service cannot create the main connection socket because the connection is busy or unavailable.
Error Description: %1. |
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User Action |
Check all network connections, and try again. For additional information, see the Windows NT Server documentation. |
5: Error
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Description |
Microsoft NNTP Service cannot create the main connection thread because the connection is busy or unavailable.
Error Description: %1. |
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User Action |
Check all network connections and try again. For additional information, see the Windows NT Server documentation. |
6: Error
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Description |
A call to a system service failed unexpectedly; the service might be unavailable, or the connection might be down.
Error Description: %1. |
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User Action |
Check the service and the network connection, and then try again. For additional information, see the Windows NT Server documentation. |
7: Warning
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Description |
User %1 at host %2 timed-out. The connection was dropped after %3 seconds of inactivity. |
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User Action |
The error was probably with the client. If the warning occurs frequently or without discernible cause, check the server load and the network connections. For additional information, see the Windows NT Server documentation.The connection time-out value is set in the News Site property sheet in Internet Service Manager. |
8: Informational
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Description |
An anonymous logon request was received from client %1 at host %2. |
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User Action |
No action is required. |
9: Informational
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Description |
A user logon request was received from client %1 at host %2. |
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User Action |
No action is required. |
10: Warning
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Description |
An attempt to connect by client %2 was denied by NNTP site %1. The IP address might be locked out, or the site might have reached the maximum number of connections allowed. |
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User Action |
Check the list of excluded addresses in Internet Service Manager (the Directory Security property sheet) to determine whether the client is locked out. If so, use this message as information. If not, check server usage to determine whether additional distribution of the server load is needed. You might also increase the maximum number of connections in the News Site property sheet in Internet Service Manager. |
11: Error
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Description |
The hash table system has been shut down because of an irrecoverable error.
Error Description: %1. |
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User Action |
Rebuild Microsoft NNTP Service. |
12: Error
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Description |
One or more hash tables or Group.lst files are corrupt or missing; the server failed to add information for a posting. |
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User Action |
Rebuild Microsoft NNTP Service. |
13: Error
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Description |
The specified NNTP root directory %1 does not exist or is not accessible. Microsoft NNTP Service is shutting down. |
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User Action |
Make sure that the root directory name is correct. The name is set in the Virtual Directory property sheet in Internet Service Manager. |
17: Error
18: Error
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Description |
For NNTP site %1, the virtual root for newsgroup %2 cannot be found. The virtual root is unavailable or does not exist.
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
Check the virtual directory name in the Virtual Directory property sheet in Internet Service Manager, and check the availability of the directory. |
19: Warning
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Description |
For NNTP site %1, unable to create a directory %2 for newsgroup %3. The directory name is not valid, the server is not available, or the destination disk is full.
Error description: %4 |
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User Action |
Check the name and the availability of the server. Make sure that the disk has enough space available. You might want to increase your system's physical or virtual memory. |
25: Error
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Description |
Windows NT reported an error while the service tried to read its registry or metabase keys. |
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User Action |
Check the Windows NT error code and description, and take appropriate action. For example, "Access Denied" means the service does not have permissions to read the key, so you have to set permissions. |
29: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 tried to connect to server %2 and failed. The destination is not readable or is unavailable. |
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User Action |
Check the server name and the network connections, and then try again. |
30: Error
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Description |
On NNTP site %1, five consecutive attempts failed to connect to %2. The server does not exist or is unavailable. |
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User Action |
Check the server name and the network connections, and then try again. |
38: Error
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Description |
An error occurred in NNTP site %1 while attempting to build logon requests appropriate for sending to remote server %2, with connection type %3.
Error description: %4. |
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User Action |
Check the remote server name and the network connection type, and then try again. For additional information, see the Windows NT Server documentation. |
39: Warning
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Description |
NNTP site %1 dropped the connection (of type %3) because it cannot interpret the response from server %2. A protocol error originating on the remote server probably occurred.
Error description: %4. |
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User Action |
Contact the remote system administrator. The problem probably exists on the remote server. |
40: Warning
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Description |
NNTP site %1 cannot log onto the remote server %2 because an incorrect password was used.
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
Use Internet Service Manager to change your password. |
41: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 cannot place an article into newsgroup %2 because server article number %3 does not match the source article number. The source file was %4.
Error description: %5. |
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User Action |
Rebuild Microsoft NNTP Service to synchronize the server with the article numbers. |
42: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 cannot open the existing %2 hash file or cannot create a new one. This file is required for the server to operate.
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
Rebuild Microsoft NNTP Service. |
43: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 encountered an internal error while saving the %2 file. |
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User Action |
Rebuild Microsoft NNTP Service to rebuild the Group.lst file. |
44: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 cannot update the file %2.
Error description %3. |
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User Action |
The file might not exist, or it might be corrupted. If the file exists, rebuild Microsoft NNTP Service to rebuild the Group.lst file. If the file does not exist, check available disk space. |
45: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 cannot open the existing %2 file, or it cannot create a new one. The server might be out of disk space, or the file might have become corrupted.
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
If the file exists, rebuild Microsoft NNTP Service to rebuild the Group.lst file. If the file does not exist, check available disk space. |
46: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 detected that Xover and Article hash tables exist. However, the server cannot open the %2 file. The server will not start.
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
Rebuild Microsoft NNTP Service to rebuild the Group.lst file. |
47: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 cannot start because the virtual root does not exist or is not specified. |
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User Action |
Create a virtual directory in the Virtual Directory property sheet in Internet Service Manager. |
48: Error
49: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 has an entry for group %2 in your %3 file. The server cannot find the directory %4 for the newsgroup.
Error description: %5. |
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User Action |
Rebuild Microsoft NNTP Service. |
50: Warning
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Description |
NNTP site %1 cannot find file %2. The site uses this file to generate descriptive text responses to List Newsgroups commands. The site can continue to run, but it will have no text to use for responding to List Newsgroups commands.
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
Obtain a copy of the Descrip.txt file from an upstream server, or add this information manually in the Groups Property sheet in Internet Service Manager. |
51: Error
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Description |
An error occurred reading an expiration policy setting from the metabase on NNTP site %1. The error occurred on value %2 in key %3.
Error description: %4. |
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User Action |
Delete the expiration settings the General (Expiration Policy) property sheet in Internet Service Manager. Stop Microsoft NNTP Service. Restart the service, and then reset the expiration in Internet Service Manager. |
52: Error
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Description |
On NNTP site %1, an error occurred while modifying the %2 file to include a checksum.
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
Rebuild Microsoft NNTP Service to rebuild the Group.lst file. |
53: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 determined that the %2 file contains a checksum value that is not valid. |
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User Action |
Rebuild Microsoft NNTP Service to rebuild the Group.lst file. |
58: Error
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Description |
The file %1 was created and contains a posting that was rejected because of error %2. |
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User Action |
The posting might have been rejected by the moderator. If the newsgroup is not moderated, check permissions for the newsgroup. |
60: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 was unable to do a recovery boot (rebuilding the service while it continues to run). A call to %2 failed.
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
Check the data area in Event Viewer for a description of the error. For more information about using Event Viewer, see the Windows NT Server documentation. |
61: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 received the parameter %2, which is not valid for recovery boot (rebuilding Microsoft NNTP Service while it runs).
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
Run Nntpbld again with the appropriate switch. |
64: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 cannot create or open a moderator's file at %2. The file does not exist, the server does not have enough disk space to create the file, or some error occurred. Check the Data box below for the error code.
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
Check the Data box in Event Viewer for a description of the error. For more information about using Event Viewer, see the Windows NT Server documentation. |
66: Error
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Description |
The server is not expiring articles in the %1 group. The cause might be a failure to delete some physical files or a hash table. The Data box below contains the number of failures. |
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User Action |
Check the Data box in Event Viewer for a description of the error. For more information about using Event Viewer, see the Windows NT Server documentation. If the problem continues, configure the server for "no posting" in the NNTP Settings property sheet in Internet Service Manager. |
67: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 cannot create an article file in newsgroup %2, probably because of lack of disk space. The Data box below contains the Windows NT error return code.
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
Free up the memory currently in use by closing any nonessential applications. You might also want to increase your system's physical or virtual memory.
If the error specified in the Data box of the Event Viewer is another error, resolve that error. For more information about using the Event Viewer, see the Windows NT Server documentation. |
68: Warning
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Description |
Microsoft NNTP Service cannot open the virtual roots metabase key %1, or it failed to register for notification. The virtual root does not exist or has been changed. If you change virtual roots, you must stop and restart Microsoft NNTP Service.
Error description: %2. |
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User Action |
Check the Data box in Event Viewer for a description of the error. For more information about using Event Viewer, see the Windows NT Server documentation. |
69: Warning
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Description |
NNTP site %1 removed newsgroup %2 in response to a Rmgroup control message. |
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User Action |
No action is required. Groups are configured in the Groups property sheet in Internet Service Manager. |
70: Informational
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Description |
NNTP site %1 created newsgroup %2 in response to a Newgroup control message. |
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User Action |
No action is required. Groups are configured in the Groups property sheet in Internet Service Manager. |
71: Informational
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Description |
NNTP site %1 removed newsgroup %2 in response to an RPC from Internet Service Manager. |
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User Action |
No action is required. Groups are configured in the Groups property sheet in Internet Service Manager. |
72: Informational
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Description |
NNTP site %1 created newsgroup %2 in response to an RPC from Internet Service Manager. |
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User Action |
No action is required. Groups are configured in the Groups property sheet in Internet Service Manager. |
75: Informational
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Description |
Client posting is now enabled on NNTP site %1. |
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User Action |
No action is required. Client posting is enabled on the NNTP Settings property sheet in Internet Service Manager. |
76: Informational
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Description |
Client posting is now disabled on NNTP site %1. |
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User Action |
No action is required. Client posting is disabled in the NNTP Settings property sheet in Internet Service Manager. |
79: Informational
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Description |
NNTP site %1 is terminating the session to user %2 (IP Address %3) in response to an RPC from Internet Service Manager. |
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User Action |
No action is required. |
80: Informational
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Description |
NNTP site %1 added an expire policy. |
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User Action |
No action is required. Expiration policies are configured in the General (Expiration Policy) property sheet. |
81: Informational
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Description |
NNTP site %1 deleted an expire policy with expire ID %2. |
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User Action |
No action is required. Expiration policies are configured in the General (Expiration Policy) property sheet. |
82: Warning
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Description |
NNTP site %1 cannot mail a moderated posting to configured SMTP server %2. The connection might be down; check connectivity to the configured SMTP server. |
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User Action |
Check connectivity to the configured SMTP server. If you have configured your SMTP server as a "mail drop" directory, check whether the server has access permission this directory. |
83: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 cannot mail a moderated posting to configured SMTP server %2. This is failure number %3. No additional warnings will be logged for such failures. |
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User Action |
Check connectivity to the configured SMTP server. |
84: Informational
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Description |
The server detected a change in its virtual roots setting. The newstree is now updated with the new settings. |
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User Action |
No action is required. |
85: Informational
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Description |
The Microsoft %1 has been started. |
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User Action |
No action is required. |
86: Informational
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Description |
The Microsoft %1 has been stopped. |
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User Action |
No action is required. |
87: Informational
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Description |
The Microsoft %1 has been started in a recovery mode. |
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User Action |
No action is required. |
88: Error
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Description |
For NNTP site %1, a call to GetHostName() or GetHostByName() failed, and the server is unable to get its own DNS name due to %2. The Data box below contains either a Windows NT or Winsock error code.
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
Check the Data box in Event Viewer for a description of the error. For more information about using Event Viewer, see the Windows NT Server documentation. |
89: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 cannot allocate a buffer to hold the serverÆs DNS name because it is too big. |
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User Action |
Modify the DNS name. |
91: Error
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Description |
The free evaluation period for the Microsoft NNTP Service has expired. We hope you will acquire the full retail version. Thank you for evaluating the Microsoft NNTP Service. |
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User Action |
No action is required. |
92: Error
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Description |
You started the NNTP site %1 too soon after stopping it, and the system responded as if the service were still running. Wait a few minutes, and then restart the site. The Data box below contains the error code.
Error description: %2. |
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User Action |
Wait a few minutes, and then restart the NNTP site. |
93: Informational
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Description |
NNTP site %2 has been started for the Microsoft NNTP Service (%1). |
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User Action |
No action is required. |
94: Informational
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Description |
NNTP site %2 has been stopped for the Microsoft NNTP Service (%1). |
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User Action |
No action is required. |
95: Informational
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Description |
The Microsoft NNTP Service product type (%1) has been detected. |
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User Action |
No action is required. |
96: Warning
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Description |
The Microsoft NNTP Service (%1) could not create the Index Server query file %2. This might cause the Search and Xpat commands to fail.
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
No action is required. |
97: Informational
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Description |
The path to the %1 Index Server query file could not be found in the metabase.
Error description: %2. |
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User Action |
Install Microsoft Index Server. |
400: Informational
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Description |
NNTP site %1 failed to create one or more control newsgroups. Control messages might not be processed. |
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User Action |
Try again to create control newsgroups in Internet Service Manager. |
401: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 cannot create or open the Prettynames file at %2.
Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
Check the availability of the Prettynames file (Prettynm.txt). The Prettynames file should have the same path as the hash table files. |
402: Error
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Description |
The NNTP registration of server events failed. Server events mightnot function properly for NNTP.
Error description: %1. |
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User Action |
Register Seo.dll and Nntpfilt.dll manually by using Regsvr32.exe (in %WinNT%\System32). |
403: Error
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Description |
The initialization of server events failed. Server events might not function properly for NNTP.
Error description: %1. |
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User Action |
Register Seo.dll and Nntpfilt.dll manually by using Regsvr32.exe (in %WinNT%\System32). |
404: Error
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Description |
The initialization of server events failed for NNTP site %1. Server events might not be called for this site.
Error description: %2. |
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User Action |
Register Seo.dll and Nntpfilt.dll manually by using Regsvr32.exe (in %WinNT%\System32). |
405: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 has been removed, but the service could not remove the event bindings for this site from the event binding database.
Error description: %2. |
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User Action |
Register Seo.dll and Nntpfilt.dll manually by using Regsvr32.exe (in %WinNT%\System32). |
406: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 was unable to register itself and the directory drop filter with the event binding database. Server events and directory drop will not function properly for this site.
Error description: %2. |
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User Action |
Register Seo.dll, Nntpfilt.dll, and Ddrop.dll manually by using Regsvr32.exe (in %WinNT%\System32). |
407: Informational
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Description |
Inbound Feed Status Report. In the last %3 minutes the inbound feed %2 on NNTP site %1 has successfully received %4 articles, has asked the
remote server to retry %5 articles, and has had %6 soft errors and %7
hard errors trying to receive and store articles. The inbound feed -2
corresponds to articles picked up from the Pickup directory. The inbound feed -1 corresponds to articles posted by clients. |
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User Action |
No action required. |
408: Informational
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Description |
Outbound Feed Status Report. In the last %3 minutes the outbound feed %2 on NNTP site %1 has successfully transmitted %4 articles. The remote server has asked that %5 articles be retried later, and has had %6 soft errors and %7 hard errors when attempting to post articles. |
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User Action |
No action required. |
409: Error
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Description |
On NNTP site %1, Article or XVOER hash tables are missing or corrupt. |
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User Action |
Rebuild Microsoft NNTP Service from Internet Service Manager using the Medium or Thorough setting. |
410: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 was unable to delete file %2. Error description: %3. |
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User Action |
Restart Microsoft NNTP Service. Free up memory by closing nonessential applications. Restart your computer. |
411: Error
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Description |
NNTP site %1 was unable to copy file %2 to %3. Error description: %4. |
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User Action |
Restart Microsoft NNTP Service. Free up memory by closing nonessential applications. Restart your computer. |
412: Error
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Description |
On NNTP site %1, a Standard rebuild detected a corrupt newsgroup %2. Error description: %3 |
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User Action |
Rebuild Microsoft NNTP Service from Internet Service Manager using the Thorough setting. |
413: Informational
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Description |
Rebuild has been cancelled on NNTP site %1. |
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User Action |
No action required. |
414: Error
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Description |
On NNTP site %1, a Rebuild failed to allocate the internal data structure. Rebuild was Aborted./td>
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User Action |
Restart Microsoft NNTP Service. Free up memory by closing nonessential applications. Restart your computer. |
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