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Bulletin_# 76  From:  HARPER@EARN.FINUH  8 Feb 88  BACKLOG'S ON EARN
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Date: 8 Feb 88
For those of you who are not aware of the problems with backlogs of
files on EARN perhaps the following few messages will explain why things
are a bit slow at the moment. So if you are waiting for files be patient.
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From: AUFFRET@FRMOP11
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 88 10:40:46 GMT

subject : FRMOP22-CEARN overflow

I strongly think that we are now controlling the situation. JES2
PRIORITY AGING has been completely turned off here. The NOREORD
modification on CEARN gives us a real speed of 6.8 kbps on FRMOP22-CEARN.
About 4500 files are still waiting here on CEARN link.
Yesterday, because of an error in tape operations, about 1000 files
have been unloaded twice on the spool and so will be sent twice at
destination. Sorry.
NOTE : long delays should be expected for large files (over 3000 rec.)
       for still several days.
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From: Eric Thomas <ERIC@FRECP11>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 88 13:44 +01.00

To help  the CEARN-FRMOP22  backlog to  clear up, some  crazed greek
user has started ordering  any and all  available INFO-CPM archive files
from FINHUTC. Each of these  files is 20-30 records. About 100-200  have
already  crossed the CEARN-FRMOP22 line,  60 files  are waiting at SEARN
and over  600 atFINHUTC.  I doubt he will ever  have time to read  this,
but nevermind.
I  am afraid  I will  have to put a limit on the number of files a given
user may order a day in the  next release  of LISTSERV.
This  may cause problems  with servers or  NADs who order files from
LISTSERV to store them  on public disks, but something has to   be done
to prevent this kind of things.

  Eric
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Subject: duplicate files

From: Bill Rubin <WGRCU@CUNYVM>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 88 11:36:03 EST

It appears to me that the traffic problems that are occurring in EARN
are  not being communicated to your user community. That is the only reason
that I can think of for my continuing to see several EARN users a day ask
for  hundreds of files from MACSERVE, KERMIT, TRICKLE, etc. To make matters
worse, and I have said this before, your users seem to have a great
lack of patience when it comes to receiving files, and they are very quick
to re-request the same file again if it hasn't shown up within 24
hours.

How about trying a bit of user education to help alleviate your backlogs?

Bill
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Rob "for user education" Harper