INN 2.2 - NEWNEWS command broken?

[Markus Stumpf]

We have set up a new INN (STABLE_2_2-1999-07-07_03-02) and notice
problems with Microsoft Exchange Server fetching a list of new articles
via the NEWNEWS command.
The list is transferred correctly, but the exchange server doesn't
fetch articles. It works fine with msnews.microsoft.com.

So I did telnet connects to both newsservers (ours and MS), saved
the output to a file and did "od -c" comparisons and noticed that
the MS newsservers sends the list as

<article_id>\n

while INN sends the list as

<article_id> \n

(i.e. a "blank" after the "article_id" and in front of the "\n".

Excerpts from the od dumps:
INN:
0000660    0   5   .   c   a   h   w   n   e   t   .   g   o   v   >    
0000700   \n   <   1   9   9   9   0   8   1   0   2   0   0   1   .   Q
0000720    A   A   2   9   7   0   9   @   c   s   .   r   p   i   .   e
0000740    d   u   >      \n   <   3   7   B   0   8   7   4   F   .   B
0000760    2   2   0   F   4   4   1   @   t   r   e   f   .   n   l   >
0001000       \n   <   3   0   1   7   6   .   9   3   4   3   1   5   2


MS:
0001060    .   D   7   A   4   9   5   F   C   @   o   n   e   .   n   e
0001100    t   >  \n   <   7   o   p   v   3   d   $   o   l   b   $   1
0001120    @   g   a   d   d   y   .   i   n   t   e   r   p   a   t   h
0001140    .   n   e   t   >  \n   <   3   7   B   0   9   C   9   2   .
0001160    C   8   4   1   7   1   C   8   @   a   o   l   .   c   o   m
0001200    >  \n   <   u   8   C   d   k   V   3   4   #   G   A   .   2


I couldn't find a note in the RFC whether this is allowed or not,
so excuse me if this is Microsofts fault.

I have also searched some newsgroups for the problem, but couldn't
find something appropriate.
I have also looked at the most recent snapshot (STABLE_2_2-1999-08-10_03-02)
and haven't found any pointer, also. nnrpd/newnews.c seems unchanged.

Thanks for listening

	\Maex

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