Furuta@WASHINGTON.ARPA (Richard Furuta) (04/14/84)
Let me submit the following as an example of "Friday the 13th
behavior." Note how long mmdf thinks the message has been in the
queue.
Another instance of this kind of behavior showed up here yesterday.
We have a hung job on one of our systems that we cannot log out. It
was started on Friday the 13th, is job number 13, and is on terminal
line number 13.
Unfortunately, I also provided another example of "Friday the 13th"
behavior in formulating this message by accidentally forwarding a copy
of the enclosed without any commentary. Sorry.
--Rick
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After -112 days, your message has not yet been fully delivered.
Mail is not returned until it is in the queue for at least 11 days.
Delivery attempts are still pending for the following address(es):
laser
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Your message begins as follows:
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To: laser-lovers%washington.arpa@csnet-relay.csnet
Subject: ln01 fonts and programs available
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ReSent-to: "Laser Lovers": ;
Via: rand-relay; 5 Aug 84 15:44-PDT
ditroff filter, versatec ==> ln01 font conversion (and support programs)
available from University of Wisconsin Computer Science Dept.
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-------long@BBN-UNIX.ARPA (Daniel Long) (04/14/84)
This one is fairly straightforward. MMDF returns mail after it has been queued
for some amount of time. Things get interesting when someone sets the system
date far ahead of the present. Note the date on the Via: line.
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Date: Thu, 12 Apr 84 16:21:25 cst
From: Dave Cohrs <dave%wisc-rsch.arpa@csnet-relay.csnet>
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To: laser-lovers%washington.arpa@csnet-relay.csnet
Subject: ln01 fonts and programs available
ReSent-date: Thu 12 Apr 84 15:04:27-PST
ReSent-from: Richard Furuta <Furuta%washington.arpa@csnet-relay.csnet>
ReSent-to: "Laser Lovers": ;
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Here's March's entry in the contest:
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 84 6:58:04 EST
From: CSNET-RELAY Memo Service (MMDF) <mmdf@CSNET-RELAY>
Subject: Waiting mail
To: chris%umcp-cs@Csnet-Relay.ARPA
Via: CSNet-Relay; 13 Mar 84 22:51-EDT
After 9 days (194 hours), your message has not yet been
fully delivered. Attempts to deliver the message will continue
for 178956969 more days. No further action is required by you.
Delivery attempts are still pending for the following address(es):
eggert @ Ucsb (queue: ucsb)
Problems usually are due to service interruptions at the receiving
machine. Less often, they are caused by the communication system.
-- Dan