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From: mc68020@gilsys.UUCP (Thomas J Keller)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Periodic repostings (Was: arbitron program)
Message-ID: <1139@gilsys.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-Oct-87 14:05:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: gilsys.1139
Posted: Thu Oct 15 14:05:50 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 17-Oct-87 20:49:27 EDT
References: <11731@decwrl.DEC.COM> <919@hao.UCAR.EDU> <14015@oddjob.UChicago.EDU> <37@ateng.UUCP>
Organization: Consequently Computers, Santa Rosa, Ca
Lines: 26
Summary: a little more thought, and a little less reaction, please

In article <37@ateng.UUCP>, chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
> 	1.  Should useful programs constantly be reposted?
> 		My opinion:  Usually not.  (At least arbitron is small.)
> 
> 	2.  How often should updated UUCP maps be posted?
> 		My opinion:  Every three to six months.

    1)  so new sites on the net that don't know about important, useful
	software can just go without, right?  All this archival is wonderful,
	but in many cases, the material needed, assuming the site admin
	KNOWS it's needed, is not readily available from a net neighbor.

    2)  This is a real screamer!  Obviously Mr. Salzenberg is not bothered
	by large quantities of rejected and bounced mail.  My current pathalias
	database is ~~3 months old.  Nearly 50% of the mail I send is
	bounced back at me because some host in the path complains about an
	unknown hostname.  I find it particularly irritating that the 
	unknown hostname is frequently *NOT* one that was included in the
	path generated on my machine.  Updating the map entries every 6 months
	will significantly affect this problem, making it much worse.


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Tom Keller 
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