cmcmanis@stpeter.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) (12/30/89)
I ask because I have recently put the line :
/mmdf@udel.EDU/h:j
into my kill file for c.s.a and it wipes out a pile of
postings. Generally these are duplicates, although sometimes
I can't tell. So the question is, is there any reason to
worry about stuff from UDel ? If so, and lets say you
are from udel and want to post something that I will see,
then I suggest you post it from somewhere else.
--Chuck McManis
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"If it didn't have bones in it, it wouldn't be crunchy now would it?!"filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (Bela Lubkin) (12/30/89)
In article <129742@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Chuck McManis writes: >I ask because I have recently put the line : >/mmdf@udel.EDU/h:j >into my kill file for c.s.a and it wipes out a pile of >postings. Generally these are duplicates, although sometimes >I can't tell. So the question is, is there any reason to >worry about stuff from UDel ? If so, and lets say you >are from udel and want to post something that I will see, >then I suggest you post it from somewhere else. Well... mmdf@udel.edu is a posting service for BITNET Amiga (and other?) list readers. When it is working correctly, I don't see any duplicates from it, only original messages. Unfortunately, it seems to be pretty damn buggy and keeps screwing up and posting batches of duplicates. It also tends to do a horrible job of cleaning up headers, etc. In principle it should be a useful service, but I'm pretty doubtful given the duplicates, extra header crap, and the amount of time it takes for a reply to propagate through it. But to answer your specific question, yes, there are valid posts from mmdf@udel.edu. Bela Lubkin * * // filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us CI$: 73047,1112 (slow) @ * * // belal@sco.com ..ucbvax!ucscc!{gorn!filbo,sco!belal} R Pentomino * \X/ Filbo @ Pyrzqxgl +408-476-4633 and XBBS +408-476-4945