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From: zeeff@b-tech.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Batched ihave/sendme problem
Message-ID: <2967@b-tech.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Aug-87 10:29:37 EDT
Article-I.D.: b-tech.2967
Posted: Fri Aug 14 10:29:37 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Aug-87 13:39:14 EDT
Reply-To: zeeff@b-tech.UUCP (Jon Zeeff)
Organization: Branch Technology Ann Arbor, MI
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It appears that under the right circumstances sendbatch will send many 
ihave messages with only one or two articles listed (in which case it 
might as well send the article).  

Apparently if sendbatch is running while news is unpacking, sendbatch
will send an ihave for the articles received so far and then loop around
for more.  Because news is unpacking, there are usually one or two more
ihaves to be sent by the time it comes around.  So the thing sits in a 
loop sending lots of small ihave messages. 

My solution was to create different scripts for ihaves and articles.  The
ihave one doesn't loop.


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Jon Zeeff           		Branch Technology,
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