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From: JOHNSON%nuhub.acs.northeastern.edu@RELAY.CS.NET ("I am only an egg.")
Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax
Subject: bitnet redistribution
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Date: Fri, 21-Nov-86 07:43:00 EST
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     >Due to Arpanet congestion and the number of BITNET
     >recipients the WISCVM site will be limiting the
     >number of recipients that a message can be sent
     >to.  What does this mean?  It means that the
     >BITNET sites need to find a BITNET site that is
     >willing to redistribute the info-vax mailing list
     >to other BITNET sites. 
     >
     >What I am asking for are volunteers, sites that
     >are willing to redistribute/maintain the list of
     >BITNET recipients.  If there are no volunteers I
     >will be forced to remove ALL BITNET sites from the
     >list. 
     >
     >
     >Ramon Curiel 
     >Info-Vax-Request
     >-------

     I've heard that BITNET has changed fee schedule.  It apparently
goes up for most if not all sites in the near future.  If true, this may
help reduce the distribution problem by reducing the number of BITNET
sites. 

Chris Johnson
Northeastern University.