Daily Usenet report

Feb 2 04:30:50 -- Feb 3 05:09:02



Unknown entries from news log file:

First 1 / 1 lines (100.0%)
Feb 3 02:54:22 elvis innd: CNFS-sm: metacycbuff MBIN cycbuff is moved to BUF022 remain calm


Log entries by program:

Program nameLines%LinesSize%Size
inn 116473 48.3%12.8 MB 49.1%
innd 58296 24.2%6.3 MB 23.9%
nnrpd 50920 21.1%4.3 MB 16.4%
cnfsstat 12495 5.2%2.4 MB 9.2%
batcher 1912 0.8%213.0 KB 0.8%
innfeed 1279 0.5%174.7 KB 0.7%
TOTAL: 6 241375 100.0%26.2 MB100.0%


History cache:

ReasonCount%Count
Negative hits 152285 44.8%
Do not exist 115958 34.1%
Positive hits 70623 20.8%
Cache misses 816 0.2%
TOTAL: 4 339682 100.0%


INND timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
article cancel00:00:09.018 0.0%1918 0.000 4.702 79.000
article control00:00:08.241 0.0%1874 0.000 4.398 79.000
article link00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
article write00:08:24.365 0.6%78039 0.000 6.463 1483.000
history grep00:00:01.201 0.0%435 0.000 2.761 23.667
history lookup00:04:58.290 0.3%339674 0.000 0.878 30.000
history sync00:00:01.062 0.0%13373 0.000 0.079 16.000
history write00:10:16.391 0.7%115749 0.000 5.325 591.875
idle23:41:40.080 96.2%3836389 5.222 22.234 15080.000
overview write00:10:28.165 0.7%78039 0.000 8.049 236.000
perl filter00:12:28.064 0.8%113829 1.000 6.572 156.167
site send00:00:08.900 0.0%161934 0.000 0.055 1.405
TOTAL: 24:38:14.01224:28:43.777 99.4%----


Control commands to INND:

CommandNumber
flush 2513
flushlogs 1
paused 1
TOTAL: 3 2515


Incoming Feeds (INN):

ServerConnectsOfferedTakenRefusedReject%AccptElapsed
1nntp.noris.net 1 105340 44319 26183 34838 42%23:05:46
2newsfeed0.freenet.de 319 19756 9941 8291 1524 50%24:24:03
3newsfeed2.freenet.de 294 18454 9194 7777 1483 49%24:24:06
4newsfeed1.freenet.de 294 13548 4809 8014 725 35%24:24:09
5newsfeed3.freenet.de 295 6076 717 5181 178 11%24:19:27
6news.nl.linux.org 12 6338 239 6088 11 3%25:00:18
7localhost 10 8 8 0 0 100%00:00:00
TOTAL: 7 1225 169520 69227 61534 38759 40%145:37:49


Incoming articles:

DateArticles%ArtsArt/secSize%SizeKB/sec
Feb 2 04:30:50 - 04:59:59 1083 1.4% 0.627.2 MB 0.2% 4.24
Feb 2 05:00:00 - 05:59:59 1993 2.6% 0.556.6 MB 0.2% 1.87
Feb 2 06:00:00 - 06:59:59 1938 2.5% 0.5411.8 MB 0.3% 3.37
Feb 2 07:00:00 - 07:59:59 1738 2.2% 0.4810.7 MB 0.3% 3.04
Feb 2 08:00:00 - 08:59:59 1533 2.0% 0.4323.0 MB 0.6% 6.55
Feb 2 09:00:00 - 09:59:59 1586 2.0% 0.446.6 MB 0.2% 1.88
Feb 2 10:00:00 - 10:59:59 1698 2.2% 0.476.2 MB 0.2% 1.75
Feb 2 11:00:00 - 11:59:59 1784 2.3% 0.507.2 MB 0.2% 2.05
Feb 2 12:00:00 - 12:59:59 1915 2.5% 0.535.3 MB 0.1% 1.51
Feb 2 13:00:00 - 13:59:59 2101 2.7% 0.585.7 MB 0.2% 1.63
Feb 2 14:00:00 - 14:59:59 2566 3.3% 0.719.2 MB 0.2% 2.63
Feb 2 15:00:00 - 15:59:59 2774 3.6% 0.7710.0 MB 0.3% 2.83
Feb 2 16:00:00 - 16:59:59 3309 4.2% 0.9265.4 MB 1.7% 18.61
Feb 2 17:00:00 - 17:59:59 3886 5.0% 1.08234.8 MB 6.2% 66.79
Feb 2 18:00:00 - 18:59:59 4364 5.6% 1.21395.6 MB 10.5% 112.53
Feb 2 19:00:00 - 19:59:59 4557 5.8% 1.27142.0 MB 3.8% 40.40
Feb 2 20:00:00 - 20:59:59 3538 4.5% 0.9881.9 MB 2.2% 23.29
Feb 2 21:00:00 - 21:59:59 3642 4.7% 1.0117.8 MB 0.5% 5.07
Feb 2 22:00:00 - 22:59:59 4728 6.1% 1.3185.2 MB 2.3% 24.24
Feb 2 23:00:00 - 23:59:59 5177 6.6% 1.44114.2 MB 3.0% 32.50
Feb 3 00:00:00 - 00:59:59 3058 3.9% 0.8527.8 MB 0.7% 7.89
Feb 3 01:00:00 - 01:59:59 3165 4.1% 0.8878.4 MB 2.1% 22.30
Feb 3 02:00:00 - 02:59:59 5193 6.7% 1.44759.5 MB 20.2% 216.03
Feb 3 03:00:00 - 03:59:59 5055 6.5% 1.40765.2 MB 20.4% 217.65
Feb 3 04:00:00 - 04:59:59 4952 6.3% 1.38768.2 MB 20.4% 218.52
Feb 3 05:00:00 - 05:09:02 711 0.9% 1.31111.5 MB 3.0% 210.58
TOTAL: 24:38:12 78044 100.0% 0.883.7 GB 100.0% 43.38


CNFS buffer status:

BufferClassSizeUsed%UsedCyclesKB/secDays
BUF001MDEU1.9 GB761.6 MB 39.0% 0 0.16 145.18
BUF002MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF003MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF004MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF005MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF006MSUP1.9 GB1.8 GB 95.5% 0 0.41 56.45
BUF007MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF008MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF009MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF010MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF011MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF012MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF013MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF014MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF015MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF016MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF017MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF018MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF019MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF020MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF021MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF022MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 26.83 0.86
BUF023MBIN1.9 GB1.6 GB 84.1% 0 199.60 0.12
BUF024MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF025MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF026MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF027MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF028MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF029MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF030MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF031MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF032MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF033MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF034MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF035MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF036MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF037MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF038MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF039MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF040MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF041MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF042MALL1.9 GB1.9 GB 97.1% 0 0.84 27.71
BUF043MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF044MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF045MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF046MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF047MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF048MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF049MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF050MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF051MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF052MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF053MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF054MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF055MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF056MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF057MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF058MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF059MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF060MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF061MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF062MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF063MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF064MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF065MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF066MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF067MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF068MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF069MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF070MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF071MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF072MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF073MALT1.9 GB1.9 GB 98.2% 0 7.36 3.14
BUF074MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF075MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF076MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF077MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF078MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF079MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF080MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF086MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF088MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF089MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUFCTLMCTL500.0 MB133.1 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUFNOCMNOC500.0 MB204.5 MB 40.9% 0 0.04 132.68
TOTAL: 85-159.3 GB8.1 GB 5.1% 30 8.54-


Sites sending bad articles:

ServerTotalGroupDistDuplicUnappTooOldSiteLineOther
1nntp.noris.net 34078 862 0 4 14 0 0 033198
2newsfeed0.freenet.de 1651 383 0 0 0 0 0 0 1268
3newsfeed2.freenet.de 1559 402 0 0 0 0 0 0 1157
4newsfeed1.freenet.de 775 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 611
5newsfeed3.freenet.de 179 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 119
6news-out.odn.de 175 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 170
7news.nl.linux.org 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TOTAL: 7 38429 1877 0 9 14 0 0 036529


Unwanted newsgroups [Top 20]:

NewsgroupCount
alt.sex.telephone.ads 59
microsoft.public.fr.windows.vista.general 55
alt.sex.telephone 52
microsoft.public.nl.windows.vista 49
microsoft.public.es.windowsvista 48
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance 48
microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general 47
microsoft.public.expression.webdesigner 42
macromedia.labs.flex2.general_discussion_prerelease 35
alt.sex.erotica.market.place 34
microsoft.public.it.windows.vista 33
microsoft.public.windows.powershell 30
alt.sex.erotica.marketplace 30
microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management 29
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security 29
microsoft.public.il.windows 26
borland.public.delphi.ide.general 26
borland.public.delphi.modeldrivenarchitecture.eco 23
macromedia.flash.actionscript3 22
borland.public.delphi.language.delphi.general 22
TOTAL: 393 1877


Supposedly-moderated groups with unmoderated postings [Top 20]:

GroupsCount
alt.christnet.religion 7
alt.bigfoot.research 7
TOTAL: 2 14


INND perl filter [Top 20]:

ReasonCount
Binary in non-binary group 8675
EMP (phl) 7098
PFM bot misc 5585
EMP (md5) 5063
Poison newsgroup 3754
Scoring filter (11) 989
Cancel for rejected article 742
Scoring filter (10) 504
Scoring filter (8) 374
EMP (fsl) 342
Scoring filter (9) 230
Adult group ECP 135
Scoring filter (12) 121
Scoring filter (14) 94
Scoring filter (13) 68
HTML post 65
Scoring filter (16) 28
Cancel in forbidden group 9
Attached HTML file 7
Scoring filter (15) 6
TOTAL: 24 33898


Miscellaneous innd statistics [Top 10]:

EventServerNumber
Article posted in the future
newsfeed0.freenet.de 4
newsfeed1.freenet.de 3
newsfeed2.freenet.de 1
TOTAL: 3 8
Bad Message-ID's offered
newsfeed0.freenet.de 3
newsfeed2.freenet.de 2
newsfeed1.freenet.de 1
TOTAL: 3 6
Huge articles
nntp.noris.net 10
TOTAL: 1 10
Including strange strings
nntp.noris.net 201
newsfeed0.freenet.de 74
newsfeed2.freenet.de 33
newsfeed1.freenet.de 24
newsfeed3.freenet.de 5
TOTAL: 5 337
No colon-space in header
newsfeed2.freenet.de 4
newsfeed0.freenet.de 1
TOTAL: 2 5
TOTAL: 5 366


Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Articles:

ServerOfferedTakenRefusedRejectMissSpool%TookElapsed
1newsserver.news.garr.it 53581 4160 41404 2103 6 1244 7%24:55:07
2news-in.odn.de 95 28 67 0 0 0 29%04:44:19
3nntp.noris.net 241 4 237 0 0 0 1%06:56:07
4newsfeed.freenet.de 21 1 17 3 0 4 4%02:35:37
TOTAL: 4 53938 4193 41725 2106 6 10890 7%87:31:08


Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Volume:

ServerAcceptVolRejectVolTotalVolVolume/secVol/ArtElapsed
1newsserver.news.garr.it10.9 MB5.2 MB16.1 MB0.2 KB/s2.6 KB24:55:07
2news-in.odn.de85.3 KB0.0 KB85.3 KB0.0 KB/s3.0 KB04:44:19
3nntp.noris.net8.5 KB0.0 KB8.5 KB0.0 KB/s2.1 KB06:56:07
4newsfeed.freenet.de2.2 KB6.3 KB8.5 KB0.0 KB/s2.1 KB02:35:37
TOTAL: 411.0 MB5.2 MB16.2 MB0.1 KB/s2.6 KB87:31:08


UUCP batches created:

ServerOfferedArticlesSizeElapsed
aquanews 98 5971.2 MB00:03:14
billix 11 300682.4 KB00:00:07
chi 17 5751.1 MB00:00:11
classic 7 2242.1 KB00:00:04
crei 73 119213.5 KB00:01:54
duffy1 1 11.2 KB00:00:00
gjbsd 6 2255.5 KB00:00:05
hektor 9 1581.6 KB00:00:05
josef_1 27 497312.8 MB00:00:24
karnickel 164 723924.6 MB00:03:29
kaschber 80 182405.4 KB00:01:01
knilch 9 99236.8 KB00:00:11
mbsks 74 158558.5 KB00:01:24
memotech 10 4482.5 KB00:00:12
moldy 1 36.1 KB00:00:00
polaris 5 713.0 KB00:00:03
sammy 85 263113.8 MB00:01:55
schul1 4 49.9 KB00:00:02
seefeld 8 2492.9 KB00:00:14
silesia 147 11176.3 MB00:01:48
solid 16 16094.7 MB00:00:21
swzcomm 9 189401.7 KB00:00:14
teebox 82 22786.0 MB00:02:57
tmb 1 12.1 KB00:00:00
tychen 40 337818.1 KB00:01:18
unicorn 7 4392.1 KB00:00:04
watari 9 218511.5 KB00:00:08
TOTAL: 27 1000 2280774.6 MB00:21:39


NNRP readership statistics:

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1p54944c6b.dip.t-dialin.net 10 348686.3 KB 240 2 000:00:46
2rotfl.franken.de1477 280656.4 KB 4794 6 000:22:36
3213.185.132.10 42 180392.3 KB 864 0 000:02:03
4189.26.8.173.adsl.gvt.net.br 328 130169.5 KB 58 0 000:13:33
5mallard.franken.de 10 93203.0 KB 956 0 001:25:02
6r00e3.r.pppool.de 4 61143.6 KB 24 0 000:29:13
7ip-84-245-148-254.4msp.de 13 5397.8 KB 18 0 002:50:15
891.66.183.249 1 4181.7 KB 24 0 000:00:06
9189.26.2.153.adsl.gvt.net.br 159 3648.6 KB 18 0 000:05:23
10r5a53.r.pppool.de 4 3495.6 KB 24 0 000:29:00
11r350c.r.pppool.de 3 2490.0 KB 12 0 000:20:50
12r1304.r.pppool.de 2 1425.5 KB 17 0 000:13:57
13p54aa7d39.dip.t-dialin.net 1 22.0 KB 26 0 000:00:33
14dsl01.83.171.184.51.ip-pool.nefkom.net 3 13.3 KB 6 0 000:00:43
15bilbo.franken.de 8 12.3 KB 1 0 001:02:45
TOTAL: 152065 12982.6 MB 7082 8 019:37:48


NNRP readership statistics (by domain):

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1*.franken.de1593 374861.8 KB 5751 6 002:50:29
2*.dip.t-dialin.net 11 350688.4 KB 266 2 000:01:19
3unresolved 43 221474.0 KB 888 0 000:02:10
4*.r.pppool.de 13 133354.7 KB 77 0 001:33:01
5*.26.8.173.adsl.gvt.net.br 328 130169.5 KB 58 0 000:13:33
6*.4msp.de 13 5397.8 KB 18 0 002:50:15
7*.26.2.153.adsl.gvt.net.br 159 3648.6 KB 18 0 000:05:23
8*.83.171.184.51.ip-pool.nefkom.net 3 13.3 KB 6 0 000:00:43
9*.83.171.180.105.ip-pool.nefkom.net 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:32
10*.83.171.187.181.ip-pool.nefkom.net 20 00.0 KB 0 0 009:32:45
11*.rev.stofanet.dk 1 00.0 KB 0 0 002:27:33
TOTAL: 112185 12982.6 MB 7082 8 019:37:48


Curious NNRP server explorers [Top 20]:

SystemConn
priscilla.franken.de 98
dsl01.83.171.187.181.ip-pool.nefkom.net 20
3e6bdfe6.rev.stofanet.dk 1
dsl01.83.171.180.105.ip-pool.nefkom.net 1
TOTAL: 4 120


NNRP gethostbyaddr failures [Top 20]:

SystemConn
213.185.132.10 42
91.66.183.249 1
TOTAL: 2 43


NNRP client timeouts [Top 20]:

SystemConnPeer
ip-84-245-148-254.4msp.de 4 0
mallard.franken.de 2 0
dsl01.83.171.187.181.ip-pool.nefkom.net 1 0
TOTAL: 3 7 0


Newsgroup request counts (by category):

CategoryCountPct
1de 1124 86.6%
2comp 170 13.1%
3knf 2 0.2%
4rec 2 0.2%
TOTAL: 4 1298100.0%


Newsgroup request counts (by newsgroup) [Top 100]:

NewsgroupCount
1de.rec.mampf 194
2comp.lang.python 166
3de.soc.recht.misc 157
4de.alt.sysadmin.recovery 79
5de.rec.fahrrad 78
6de.etc.sprache.deutsch 73
7de.soc.recht.strafrecht 57
8de.comp.sys.mac.misc 45
9de.admin.news.groups 40
10de.etc.beruf.selbstaendig 34
11de.markt.comp.hardware.misc 32
12de.comp.lang.php.misc 28
13de.sci.medizin.diabetes 21
14de.comp.security.misc 20
15de.comp.lang.java 18
16de.rec.motorrad 18
17de.comm.provider.misc 18
18de.comp.hardware.laufwerke.festplatten 18
19de.soc.datenschutz 17
20de.comm.infosystems.www.authoring.misc 16
21de.soc.recht.datennetze 13
22de.soc.umwelt 13
23de.sci.geschichte 12
24de.rec.tv.misc 12
25de.rec.tiere.aquaristik 11
26de.org.ccc 11
27de.comm.internet.infrastruktur 10
28de.alt.fan.aldi 9
29de.admin.net-abuse.mail 9
30de.comp.sys.mac.lokale-netze 6
31de.rec.tv.technik 6
32de.test 6
33de.alt.netdigest 6
34de.comm.technik.isdn 4
35de.rec.tv.serien 4
36de.sci.astronomie 3
37de.comm.infosystems.suchmaschinen 3
38de.rec.sport.laufen.misc 3
39de.comm.abuse 3
40de.markt.comp.hardware.laufwerke 3
41comp.sys.mac.programmer.help 3
42de.comp.lang.javascript 3
43de.soc.recht.strassenverkehr 3
44de.alt.fan.rrr 2
45de.admin.net-abuse.misc 2
46knf.test 2
47de.comm.anbieter.festnetz.misc 2
48de.soc.verkehr 1
49comp.risks 1
50rec.music.early 1
51rec.games.go 1
52de.rec.sport.laufen.trainingswoche 1
TOTAL: 52 1298


innreport 3.0.2 (c) 1996-1999 by Fabien Tassin <fta@sofaraway.org>.