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From: DEDOUREK@unb.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: truncated 1.5 postings
Message-ID: <6961@nigel.udel.EDU>
Date: 27 Dec 89 20:30:25 GMT
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> This is just information for anyone who may be interested.  Parts
> 15, 23, 24, and 33 of the most recent big slug of 1.5 postings
> had no 'end' line as received at this site.  I'll check with the
> archives before I ask for anything as drastic as a repost.  :-)
>
> Paul Allen
>
At this NETNORTH/BITNET site, info minix postings often show up
truncated; these have, so far, always been followed shortly by
another copy which was not truncated.  In the past, there have been
messages which were received truncated up to a half dozen times;
always eventually followed by a "good" version.

Someone should investigate: (1) why these initial failures occur;
(2) whether on other (e.g. USENET) networks, the initial bad copy
is kept and the succeeding copies, including the final "good" copy
are discarded as duplicates.

John DeDourek
dedourek@unb.ca      -- Registered Domain Name
DEDOUREK@UNB         -- BITNET / NETNORTH (Canada)
dedourek@unb.bitnet  -- For mailers which only know how to get to
                        bitnet this way.