Daily Usenet report

Oct 15 04:31:50 -- Oct 16 05:20:00



Unknown entries from news log file:

First 1 / 1 lines (100.0%)
Oct 15 13:30:33 elvis innd: CNFS-sm: metacycbuff MBIN cycbuff is moved to BUF023 remain calm


Log entries by program:

Program nameLines%LinesSize%Size
inn 112630 49.2%12.8 MB 50.9%
nnrpd 54265 23.7%4.5 MB 18.1%
innd 46178 20.2%5.0 MB 19.8%
cnfsstat 12580 5.5%2.4 MB 9.7%
batcher 1784 0.8%210.4 KB 0.8%
innfeed 1270 0.6%161.6 KB 0.6%
controlchan 9 0.0%0.7 KB 0.0%
rnews 3 0.0%0.2 KB 0.0%
TOTAL: 8 228719 100.0%25.1 MB100.0%


History cache:

ReasonCount%Count
Negative hits 150011 46.8%
Do not exist 111277 34.7%
Positive hits 58330 18.2%
Cache misses 661 0.2%
TOTAL: 4 320279 100.0%


INND timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
article cancel00:00:08.948 0.0%476 0.000 18.798 91.000
article control00:00:07.357 0.0%424 0.000 17.351 80.000
article link00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
article write00:03:16.113 0.2%88192 0.000 2.224 841.667
history grep00:00:01.703 0.0%470 0.000 3.623 14.000
history lookup00:06:48.231 0.5%320290 0.000 1.275 20.281
history sync00:00:00.872 0.0%13171 0.000 0.066 7.250
history write00:10:00.527 0.7%111245 0.000 5.398 1275.600
idle24:02:34.650 96.9%1808963 5.544 47.848 34260.000
overview write00:11:11.467 0.8%88192 0.000 7.614 254.857
perl filter00:08:26.583 0.6%111225 0.500 4.555 276.000
site send00:00:08.433 0.0%189420 0.000 0.045 1.625
TOTAL: 24:48:15.60324:42:44.884 99.6%----


Control commands to INND:

CommandNumber
flush 2572
flushlogs 1
paused 1
TOTAL: 3 2574


Incoming Feeds (INN):

ServerConnectsOfferedTakenRefusedReject%AccptElapsed
1nntp.noris.net 2 84471 47062 22306 15103 55%21:48:55
2newsfeed0.freenet.de 322 29972 16196 12653 1123 54%24:29:04
3newsfeed1.freenet.de 297 21758 9802 11187 769 45%24:29:09
4localhost 25 24 24 0 0 100%00:00:02
5finalfrontier.franken.de 301 4 4 0 0 100%00:00:03
TOTAL: 5 947 136229 73088 46146 16995 53%70:47:13


Incoming articles:

DateArticles%ArtsArt/secSize%SizeKB/sec
Oct 15 04:31:50 - 04:59:59 1383 1.6% 0.825.2 MB 0.4% 3.17
Oct 15 05:00:00 - 05:59:59 2380 2.7% 0.669.4 MB 0.6% 2.69
Oct 15 06:00:00 - 06:59:59 2465 2.8% 0.6870.5 MB 4.8% 20.04
Oct 15 07:00:00 - 07:59:59 2619 3.0% 0.73302.5 MB 20.8% 86.04
Oct 15 08:00:00 - 08:59:59 1958 2.2% 0.549.2 MB 0.6% 2.61
Oct 15 09:00:00 - 09:59:59 2156 2.4% 0.608.6 MB 0.6% 2.44
Oct 15 10:00:00 - 10:59:59 2043 2.3% 0.576.3 MB 0.4% 1.80
Oct 15 11:00:00 - 11:59:59 2608 3.0% 0.7257.8 MB 4.0% 16.45
Oct 15 12:00:00 - 12:59:59 3335 3.8% 0.93192.5 MB 13.2% 54.74
Oct 15 13:00:00 - 13:59:59 3301 3.7% 0.92164.8 MB 11.3% 46.89
Oct 15 14:00:00 - 14:59:59 3831 4.3% 1.0662.0 MB 4.3% 17.64
Oct 15 15:00:00 - 15:59:59 3250 3.7% 0.9020.1 MB 1.4% 5.72
Oct 15 16:00:00 - 16:59:59 3970 4.5% 1.1018.4 MB 1.3% 5.24
Oct 15 17:00:00 - 17:59:59 4570 5.2% 1.2739.0 MB 2.7% 11.09
Oct 15 18:00:00 - 18:59:59 4138 4.7% 1.1521.5 MB 1.5% 6.12
Oct 15 19:00:00 - 19:59:59 4481 5.1% 1.2414.9 MB 1.0% 4.24
Oct 15 20:00:00 - 20:59:59 4332 4.9% 1.2065.2 MB 4.5% 18.56
Oct 15 21:00:00 - 21:59:59 4524 5.1% 1.26132.8 MB 9.1% 37.78
Oct 15 22:00:00 - 22:59:59 4093 4.6% 1.1412.4 MB 0.9% 3.53
Oct 15 23:00:00 - 23:59:59 4179 4.7% 1.1621.5 MB 1.5% 6.12
Oct 16 00:00:00 - 00:59:59 3458 3.9% 0.9612.2 MB 0.8% 3.48
Oct 16 01:00:00 - 01:59:59 4390 5.0% 1.2242.1 MB 2.9% 11.98
Oct 16 02:00:00 - 02:59:59 5551 6.3% 1.5427.5 MB 1.9% 7.82
Oct 16 03:00:00 - 03:59:59 4787 5.4% 1.3318.5 MB 1.3% 5.27
Oct 16 04:00:00 - 04:59:59 3327 3.8% 0.9213.1 MB 0.9% 3.72
Oct 16 05:00:00 - 05:20:00 1061 1.2% 0.88104.8 MB 7.2% 89.43
TOTAL: 24:48:10 88190 100.0% 0.991.4 GB 100.0% 16.66


CNFS buffer status:

BufferClassSizeUsed%UsedCyclesKB/secDays
BUF001MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF002MDEU1.9 GB848.2 MB 43.4% 0 0.16 141.87
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 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF007MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF008MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF009MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF010MSUP1.9 GB1.6 GB 82.4% 0 0.56 41.43
BUF011MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 0.00 0.00
BUF012MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 0.00 0.00
BUF013MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 0.00 0.00
BUF014MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 0.00 0.00
BUF015MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 0.00 0.00
BUF016MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 0.00 0.00
BUF017MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 0.00 0.00
BUF018MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 0.00 0.00
BUF019MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 0.00 0.00
BUF020MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 0.00 0.00
BUF021MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 8 0.00 0.00
BUF022MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 0.00 0.00
BUF023MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 19.40 1.19
BUF024MBIN1.9 GB269.9 MB 13.8% 9 8.19 2.83
BUF025MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 9 0.00 0.00
BUF026MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF027MALT1.9 GB1.6 GB 84.4% 4 6.48 3.57
BUF028MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF029MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF030MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF031MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF032MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF033MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF034MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF035MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF036MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF037MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF038MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF039MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF040MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF041MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF042MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF043MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF044MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF045MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF046MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF047MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF048MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF049MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF050MALL1.9 GB178.2 MB 9.1% 0 1.20 19.22
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% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF072MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF073MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF074MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF075MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF076MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF077MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF078MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF079MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF080MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 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 MB7.4 MB 1.5% 0 0.00 0.00
BUFNOCMNOC500.0 MB19.9 MB 4.0% 1 0.03 196.94
TOTAL: 85-159.3 GB4.5 GB 2.8% 264 3.32-


Sites sending bad articles:

ServerTotalGroupDistDuplicUnappTooOldSiteLineOther
1nntp.noris.net 21975 1824 0 1 6 0 0 020144
2newsfeed0.freenet.de 1448 60 0 0 1 8 0 0 1379
3newsfeed1.freenet.de 1016 48 0 0 1 3 0 0 964
4news-out.odn.de 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL: 4 24440 1932 0 1 8 11 0 022488


Unwanted newsgroups [Top 20]:

NewsgroupCount
alt.sex.pictures.nospam 104
alt.sex.telephone.ads 96
macromedia.flex.general_discussion 79
macromedia.flash.actionscript3 71
alt.sex.telephone 70
talk.us.rhode-island 66
alt.sex.phone.ads 66
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta 59
nl.internet.usenet 54
alt.sex.erotica.market.place 47
novell.support.identity-manager.engine-drivers 44
macromedia.players.flash 42
alt.sex.marketplace 39
alt.sex.erotica.marketplace 36
alt.flame.cincinnati 32
novell.support.access-manager 31
novell.support.zenworks.configuration-management.10.server-install 30
novell.support.groupwise.7x.clients 27
novell.support.groupwise.7x.install-setup-admin 21
macromedia.robohelp.webhelp 20
TOTAL: 223 1932


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

GroupsCount
alt.christnet.religion 6
alt.disney.disneyland 1
de.comp.lang.iso-c++ 1
TOTAL: 3 8


INND perl filter [Top 20]:

ReasonCount
EMP (phl) 7298
Binary in non-binary group 4265
Poison newsgroup 3774
EMP (md5) 3010
EMP (fsl) 819
PFM bot misc 551
Scoring filter (8) 427
Scoring filter (9) 290
Scoring filter (11) 123
Scoring filter (10) 107
Scoring filter (12) 87
Bot - Newsgroup autoposter 84
Cancel for rejected article 73
HTML post 52
Adult group ECP 50
Scoring filter (13) 21
Scoring filter (14) 17
Scoring filter (21) 8
Scoring filter (16) 8
Scoring filter (15) 8
TOTAL: 27 21091


INND too many connects per minute:

SystemConn
79.209.87.189 1
TOTAL: 1 1


Miscellaneous innd statistics [Top 10]:

EventServerNumber
Article posted in the future
newsfeed0.freenet.de 1
TOTAL: 1 1
Huge articles
nntp.noris.net 2
TOTAL: 1 2
Including strange strings
nntp.noris.net 597
newsfeed0.freenet.de 219
newsfeed1.freenet.de 173
TOTAL: 3 989
TOTAL: 3 992


Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Articles:

ServerOfferedTakenRefusedRejectMissSpool%TookElapsed
1newsserver.news.garr.it 71173 1359 59417 762 1 470 1%25:04:39
2news-in.odn.de 28 28 0 0 0 0100%03:28:54
3nntp.noris.net 32 9 20 2 0 0 28%03:48:59
4newsfeed.freenet.de 31 2 19 10 0 0 6%03:48:58
TOTAL: 4 71264 1398 59456 774 1 8578 1%84:11:30


Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Volume:

ServerAcceptVolRejectVolTotalVolVolume/secVol/ArtElapsed
1newsserver.news.garr.it6.0 MB2.0 MB8.0 MB0.1 KB/s3.9 KB25:04:39
2news-in.odn.de65.4 KB0.0 KB65.4 KB0.0 KB/s2.3 KB03:28:54
3nntp.noris.net24.8 KB3.7 KB28.5 KB0.0 KB/s2.6 KB03:48:59
4newsfeed.freenet.de4.4 KB26.8 KB31.2 KB0.0 KB/s2.6 KB03:48:58
TOTAL: 46.1 MB2.0 MB8.1 MB0.0 KB/s3.8 KB84:11:30


UUCP batches created:

ServerOfferedArticlesSizeElapsed
aquanews 57 15133.4 MB00:00:54
billix 10 290673.6 KB00:00:05
chi 17 5924.1 MB00:00:09
classic 7 2971.6 KB00:00:03
crei 71 123287.8 KB00:01:16
deco 2 3122.0 KB00:00:01
gjbsd 5 617.5 KB00:00:02
hektor 7 24152.0 KB00:00:03
karnickel 229 838330.6 MB00:02:32
kaschber 50 88175.0 KB00:00:23
knilch 9 181505.7 KB00:00:04
mbsks 125 329774.5 KB00:01:24
memotech 9 2440.6 KB00:00:04
moldy 4 511.2 KB00:00:04
polaris 5 1431.9 KB00:00:02
sammy 49 27458.2 MB00:00:40
schul1 1 22.2 KB00:00:00
seefeld 6 37118.1 KB00:00:05
silesia 146 12806.3 MB00:02:08
solid 14 17294.5 MB00:00:08
swzcomm 9 169416.4 KB00:00:05
teebox 31 25266.2 MB00:00:20
tmb 2 49.0 KB00:00:01
tychen 39 309810.5 KB00:00:28
unicorn 23 77156.3 KB00:00:12
watari 9 253551.2 KB00:00:06
TOTAL: 26 936 2073568.2 MB00:11:32


Rnews articles offered from:

SystemOffered
aquanews 3
TOTAL: 1 3


NNRP readership statistics:

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
191-65-255-78-dynip.superkabel.de 2 6211.3 MB 54 0 000:00:20
2rotfl.franken.de1487 401948.5 KB 7071 15 000:26:10
3213.185.132.10 85 226559.9 KB 2044 0 000:03:59
4p4fd157bd.dip.t-dialin.net 6 193438.6 KB 19 0 000:06:45
5r4a90.r.pppool.de 13 114236.4 KB 44 2 001:25:45
6r1ccf.r.pppool.de 3 4689.0 KB 2 0 000:16:00
7r17f9.r.pppool.de 3 45107.1 KB 17 0 000:16:25
8ip-84-245-148-254.4msp.de 9 3469.6 KB 8 0 000:44:45
9p57b52a47.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 4 2457.7 KB 41 0 001:51:42
10dslb-088-073-098-182.pools.arcor-ip.net 20 1829.1 KB 1282 3 008:52:25
11finalfrontier.franken.de 297 1539.8 KB 24 0 000:00:30
12p5494642c.dip.t-dialin.net 1 1535.6 KB 20 0 000:00:08
13dslb-088-074-026-201.pools.arcor-ip.net 1 1436.8 KB 328 0 003:09:01
14r2728.r.pppool.de 2 1222.1 KB 9 0 000:10:28
15r337d.r.pppool.de 2 411.1 KB 3 0 000:10:05
16pd9e52d75.dip.t-dialin.net 2 35.0 KB 9 1 000:05:06
TOTAL: 161937 17853.9 MB 10975 21 017:49:32


NNRP readership statistics (by domain):

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1*.superkabel.de 2 6211.3 MB 54 0 000:00:20
2*.franken.de1784 416988.2 KB 7095 15 000:26:40
3unresolved 85 226559.9 KB 2044 0 000:03:59
4*.r.pppool.de 23 221465.7 KB 75 2 002:18:45
5*.dip.t-dialin.net 9 211479.2 KB 48 1 000:11:59
6*.4msp.de 9 3469.6 KB 8 0 000:44:45
7*.pools.arcor-ip.net 21 3265.9 KB 1610 3 012:01:26
8*.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 6 2457.7 KB 41 0 002:00:43
9*.dynamic.mnet-online.de 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:18
10*.83.171.168.218.ip-pool.nefkom.net 3 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:30
11*.topalis.com 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:02
TOTAL: 111944 17853.9 MB 10975 21 017:49:32


Curious NNRP server explorers [Top 20]:

SystemConn
dsl01.83.171.168.218.ip-pool.nefkom.net 3
fw.topalis.com 1
p4fd19673.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 1
p50818654.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 1
ppp-88-217-120-92.dynamic.mnet-online.de 1
TOTAL: 5 7


NNRP gethostbyaddr failures [Top 20]:

SystemConn
213.185.132.10 85
TOTAL: 1 85


NNRP client timeouts [Top 20]:

SystemConnPeer
p57b52a47.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 3 0
dslb-088-073-098-182.pools.arcor-ip.net 2 0
dslb-088-074-026-201.pools.arcor-ip.net 1 0
ip-84-245-148-254.4msp.de 1 0
TOTAL: 4 7 0


Newsgroup request counts (by category):

CategoryCountPct
1de 1775 99.4%
2ger 7 0.4%
3comp 3 0.2%
TOTAL: 3 1785100.0%


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

NewsgroupCount
1de.alt.sysadmin.recovery 333
2de.soc.recht.misc 287
3de.rec.mampf 233
4de.comp.sys.mac.misc 128
5de.etc.beruf.selbstaendig 98
6de.rec.motorrad 84
7de.soc.recht.strafrecht 75
8de.rec.fahrrad 71
9de.rec.heimwerken 63
10de.comp.lang.java 57
11de.comp.hardware.laufwerke.festplatten 25
12de.comp.lang.php.misc 23
13de.soc.umwelt 19
14de.alt.fan.aldi 19
15de.markt.arbeit.vermittler 19
16de.rec.sport.laufen.misc 17
17de.alt.mud 15
18de.soc.recht.datennetze 14
19de.alt.folklore.computer 14
20de.test 12
21de.comp.sys.mac.soc 12
22de.comm.technik.isdn 11
23de.soc.recht.strassenverkehr 10
24de.comp.security.misc 10
25de.comp.security.virus 8
26de.comm.geraete.mobil.nokia 8
27de.soc.weltanschauung.christentum 7
28de.alt.fan.tabak 7
29de.comm.infosystems.www.authoring.misc 7
30ger.ct 7
31de.markt.comp.hardware.misc 6
32de.etc.bahn.bahnpolitik 6
33de.comm.geraete.isdn.tk-anlage 6
34de.rec.hoerspiel 6
35de.alt.netdigest 5
36de.org.ccc 5
37de.comm.provider.misc 5
38de.sci.medizin.diabetes 5
39de.etc.bahn.misc 4
40de.comm.anbieter.festnetz.tarife 4
41de.comp.sys.mac.internet 4
42de.admin.net-abuse.mail 4
43de.comp.sys.mac.lokale-netze 3
44de.comp.security.firewall 3
45de.comp.sys.novell 3
46de.sci.astronomie 2
47de.alt.games.schach 2
48de.comp.os.unix.shell 2
49comp.lang.objective-c 2
50de.rec.tv.lindenstrasse 2
51de.comm.internet.infrastruktur 2
52de.rec.tiere.aquaristik 2
53de.soc.familie.kinder 1
54de.sci.medizin.misc 1
55de.comp.lang.javascript 1
56de.comm.infosystems.suchmaschinen 1
57de.rec.sport.laufen.veranstaltungen 1
58de.markt.comp.hardware.laufwerke 1
59comp.sys.mac.programmer.tools 1
60de.etc.bahn.tarif+service 1
61de.comp.sys.mac.programmieren 1
TOTAL: 61 1785


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