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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: No missing c.b.i.p reports to uwasa.fi! (Was Re: Re: Re: Re: Missing part ___ of ____)
Message-ID: <1990Dec9.074814.8612@uwasa.fi>
Date: 9 Dec 90 07:48:14 GMT
References: <16508@smunews.UUCP>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <16508@smunews.UUCP> jackson@csvax.seas.smu.edu (Keith Jackson) writes:

- Please, for the sake of all who read c.b.i.p.d for valuable
- information, stop posting these requests.  Inevitably all programs

Correct, it is enough that Bill (and others with the same problem)
become aware of the problem.  After that every repeat posting or
send-me-plea is superfluous and unwanted. 

- will be posted in their entirety, I assure you.  If you simply

Partly incorrect.  The parts will be posted, but being as big as
they are it is another matter whether they allways reach every site. 
There have been carefully observed instances of sent parts not
reaching. 

- cannot wait, mail to the moderator of c.b.i.p or the administrator

Right, I think, but only as far as Bill (moderator of c.b.i.p) is
concerned.  Take a look at Bill's periodic instructions posting. 

- of simtel or chyde and tell them about the incomplete postings.  On

 +-------------------------------------------------------------+
 !               ABSOLUTELY WRONG!                             !
 ! I don't want to have reports of incomplete postings. You    !
 ! confuse binary postings and the activities of the archives. !
 ! These acrhives do not distribute the missing parts !!!      !
 +-------------------------------------------------------------+

- rare occassions, we have gotten corrupted postings (even then
- everybody went overboard announcing this) but I've never seen any
- missing articles which didn't eventually get posted.
-
- In summary :   BE PATIENT ABOUT ARTICLES IN COMP.BINARIES.IBM.PC !!

Right!

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Prof. Timo Salmi        (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3)
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun