only recieving cross-postings for some groups

[Russ Allbery]

Andy Malato <andym at oak.njit.edu> writes:

> I've noticed some really odd behavior lately.  It seems that certain
> newsgroups are only receiving postings that are cross-posted to other
> groups and not those that are sent only to that particular group.  The
> groups that seem to be most effected by this are the rec.photo.* groups.
> However, it appears to be happening on various other groups as well.
> Can anyone provide some insight as to why this is happening?  Is this
> most likely a mis-configuration on my part or is it perhaps a problem
> with my newsfeed provider?

Usually that means that your upstream provider isn't sending you that
group, either because they don't carry it or because they're excluding it
from your feed for some reason.

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