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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: crontab Daemon-from-Hell
Message-ID: <19425@cup.portal.com>
Date: 13 Jun 89 06:01:55 GMT
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I'll keep this short since it seems evident that everyone is NOW apprised
they should examine crontab's hellspawns! :-)

From re-reading the original email, it appears the threat of suing AT&T
was figurative and not literal; a statement made in the heat of the moment
of discovering all one's uucp transfers were relegated to the Great Bit Bucket
In The Sky.

Hey!  I was angry, too.  At least I had disciplined myself to maintain a
regular backup policy, so nothing was truly lost on my system.

but that ``uudemon.day'' script is definitely a "gotcha."  I'm replacing the
Miniscribe 6085 with a Maxtor XT2190 asap, for 80+ more MB.

The final point: a forum such as this newgroup DOES benefit people who read
others' discoveries and tips.  From one misfortune, EVERYONE benefits.

Free and unfettered communication is a win-win situation!


Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR)  ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]