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XFOR: NNTPSVC 501 Syntax Error When Wildcard (*) in List Newsgroup Command

Article ID: 164079

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003

Microsoft Commercial Internet System 1.0 Service Pack 2

This article was previously published under Q164079

SYMPTOMS

The NNTP server does not return a list of newsgroup when you use the asterisk (*) wildcard specifier when issued from a telnet client. For example:

list newsgroups comp.*

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 1.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 1.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

183062 MCIS 1.0 Service Packs 1 and 2 Information

MORE INFORMATION

Issuing the 'list newsgroups <group>.*' command now returns a list of all sub-groups and articles for the specified <group>.

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