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From: UPDATE@NAC.NETNORTH.CA (Herb Kugel)
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Subject: Re: Information files
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Date: 7 Feb 90 15:57:36 GMT
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In-Reply-To:  Message of Tue, 6 Feb 90 13:21:21 EDT from <POSTMAST@TECMTYVM>

ONE VOTE IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH JUAN!
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>On Mon, 5 Feb 90 10:29:09 EST Michael Hrybyk said:
>>Ulrich Giese and I have agreed to store various data files on NETSERV,
>>including BITNET LINKS, NODES INFO*, and others. Is this a worthwhile
>>project, or is it an unnecessary redundancy, as those files are
>>currently available from LISTSERV?
>
>I feel it is advisable to continue this practice. The advantage of the
>NETSERV network over your LISTSERV is that the files will be distributed
>over all the NETSERVs and, when a user requests them, they will be sent
>from a node closer than BITNIC. Naturally, this effort should be supported
>by a user awareness procedure, by means of which the user will be directed
>to request the files from the appropiate server.
>
>This is already in place on the NETSERVs, which direct you to the best
>placed server for your node; however, this is not the case for BITNIC's
>LISTSERV. Perhaps some LISTSERV guru can come up with a FAVE (File Access
>Verification Exit) to implement this behavior...
>
>Juan