Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!ox.com!b-tech!zeeff From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: Is C-News reliable? Its certainly faster... Message-ID: Date: 27 Jan 91 15:02:43 GMT References: <1991Jan24.014403.1255@coplex.uucp> <1991Jan27.045100.26152@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: Branch Technology Lines: 16 >C News does try to react well to space shortages, but its safety margins >can't be trimmed to zero, and if things get too tight it will end up >backed into a corner where it can't *do* anything for fear of overflow. >Utzoo ran with a modest disk shortage for some time, and C News coped >in day-to-day operations, but it was a constant nuisance making sure >that enough space to break any logjams did eventually become available. I agree that C News is pretty maintenance free except for disk space problems. There are various C News add ons that cure this problem (and have a few other benefits). My favorite is available via ftp from ais.org in /pub/news/cnews.speedups.Z -- Jon Zeeff (NIC handle JZ) zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us