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From: chris@lxn.eds.com (Christopher D. Orr)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: why so many missing parts lately?
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Date: 25 Jul 89 13:11:41 GMT
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wirun@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Da Ratt ) writes:

>Why is it that there has been so many missing parts of files lately? (it
>seemed to start around when Nethack came out.) I thought it was because
>our news reader here lost them somewhere in the mail, but when I see
>postings from all over requesting missing parts, I have to wonder. Is this
>a general distribution problem at the source, (i.e. moderator) or do
>they get ummm, displaced in the mail? 


We are missing a ton of them.  I rarely if *EVER* miss any sources from
comp.sources.unix, comp.sources.misc, or comp.sources.games.  It seems
that there is a problem someplace on the Net where these articles are
just getting lost.

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