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When I try to open a subject window, I get a server error message that is something like “501 header ewsgroups not in index”. Whats wrong?

April 26, 2017Error message server Subject Try window wrong

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When I try to open a subject window, I get a server error message that is something like “501 header
ewsgroups not in index”. Whats wrong?

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This error indicates that the news server that you use has been configured so that it doesn’t index some headers (in this case, the “newsgroups” header), and so cannot send back newsgroup headers in resonse to an “XHDR” request from MT-NewsWatcher. Some servers (e.g. Supernews) are configured this way to reduce server load. MT-NewsWatcher tries to shield you from this problem, and should in most cases succeed. If you still see it, try disabling any filters that are using the header that the server is complaining about.