Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!anu-news!list From: LUSGR@VAX1.CC.LEHIGH.EDU (STEVE ROSEMAN) Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news Subject: Comments on V5.9C Message-ID: Date: 4 Jan 90 18:07:00 GMT Sender: ANU-NEWS Discussion Reply-To: STEVE ROSEMAN Lines: 40 X-VMS-To: ANU I have just upgraded to V5.9c from V5.8b and I have several comments/problems. 1. The NNTP batch file changed names again! (From NEWS.BATCH to NNTP.BATCH to NNTP_pid.BATCH. At first I thought of this as a minor annoyance, remedied by changing the RENAME in my batch job. But, NOOO, it has caused real problems. Previously I went through some pains to ensure the ADD FILE file.name.*/DELETE got the files in order as received, with "RENAME NNTP.BATCH.* NNTP.REVBAT.". That reversed the versions (*.*.high became *.*.1, *.*.-1 -> *.*.2, etc.) Now, when I do a "RENAME NNTP*.BATCH.* NNTP.REVBAT.", the files end up in an order depending on the NNTP job's PID! I am getting an annoying number of followups before seeing the original message. I will (unless someone else has done it) write and sent out code to make the name something like NNTP_900104_125631_03AB.BATCH. (that's NNTP_yymmdd_hhmmss_pid.BATCH) Hopefully in a very few days.. 2. After OPEN MAIL and deleting an item, I got strange problems. Once I got something like 'Bad Block Address' messages when I tried to read items after the delete, and the other time the newsgroup directory was totally messed up. 3. Does anyone else have problems with keypad mode being lost after spawning or posting? I use MG, and when I return to NEWS, my KP7 is 7, etc. I suspect an SMG$ call may be necessary on return. Comments? 4. In NNTP_FEED.C, there is a NNTP_MAX_OFFER (??) definition of 500 items to send at one time. I often will have many more. Is there a reason it is set so low? Otherwise, I am very happy with the package, really! Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Roseman Lehigh University Computing Center LUSGR@VAX1.CC.Lehigh.EDU