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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Kermit
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Date: 5 Feb 89 04:39:59 GMT
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>Are we the only site getting duplicates of articles? [Example below]

The occasional duplicate message is a result of a timing problem (apparently
random) at the gateways between BITNET and the Internet (one end thinks
it has ACKnowledged receipt of a message, but the other didn't get the
ACK and sends it again -- the first thinks it's the next message).

Marty Hoag at NDSUVM1 and Brint Cooper investigated the problem pretty
thoroughly a year or so ago and concluded little can be done about it.
All the gatemasters and powers that be are aware of it and hope it will
go away (or at least diminish) as hardware is upgraded.

In fact, I haven't noticed nearly as much duplication at there was in
1987; HOWEVER, we did get 5 (five) copies of that "account of a Kermit"
construction *sigh* :-(

Murph Sewall                       Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90]
Prof. of Marketing     Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET
Business School        sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu          [INTERNET]
U of Connecticut       {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL     [UUCP]

-+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could
            (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)

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