Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!ibmsupt.uucp!ibmpa!ericm From: ericm@ibmpa Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: sendsys Summary: what's it for? Message-ID: <1990Jun8.012134.1222@ibmpa> Date: 8 Jun 90 01:21:34 GMT Sender: news@ibmpa (news id) Reply-To: ericm@ibmsupt.UUCP (Eric Murray) Distribution: na Organization: IBM AWD, Palo Alto Lines: 16 i just installed Cnews. kudos to Henry and Geoff- it's the best piece of pd unix software i've seen. however, i've got a question: what is sendsys for? i can see maybe useing it to debug your internal news-feeding or your up-stream or down-stream neighbors, but today i got a sendsys control message from bbn.com in cambridge. seeing as how we get fed from uunet and don't feed anybody, why did we get it? eric murray ibmsupt!ericm@uunet.uu.net {ucbvax,uunet}!ibmsupt!ericm turn off television. go outside. ride bicycle. get a life.