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From: greg@bilbo (Greg Wageman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Where's the message?
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Date: 5 Oct 88 16:26:45 GMT
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In article <881004015706.271647@PCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM> Friesen%PCO@BCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM writes:
>
>How come I never see the messages that I post, but other people do,
>because I get replies to them.  Also, it seems that I miss other
>messages, because I'll see a relply to a message that I never saw the
>original to.  I really don't pay attention to the volume number, so I
>may be missing whole volumes.

That depends on what news software you are using.  With our
implementation of "rn" here at Schlumberger, I *do* see the messages I
post, but not in the same session in which I post them.  Also, much of
the news software in the United States has a "Distribution: " field,
which can restrict the propagation of articles.  I suspect that many
of the articles you miss are not marked for "world" distribution.
(Correct me if I'm wrong; I assumed that you are not located in the
U.S.)

Cheers,




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