SEA@UNB.BITNET (03/08/88)
My list of recently received INFO-CPM Digests includes issues
49, 50, 52, 53, 54 and 56. There seem to be missing issue
numbers dispersed through this list. Am I loosing issues
through the mailing system, or does the issue number not
increment by one for each successive issue?
Steve Allain
University of New Brunswick
Computing Centre,
Fredericton, New Brunswick
CANADA
(SEA@UNB)WANCHO@SIMTEL20.ARPA ("Frank J. Wancho") (03/09/88)
Steve, The issue numbers are sequential and consecutive. However, I am told that the mail queuing mechanisms in BITNET give preference to small mail files over larger ones. So, the large INFO-CPM digest messages may arrive late and/or out-of-order. Some may not arrive at all because they are "too big." If you end up missing digests after waiting about a week, send a request for the missing issues to INFO-CPM-REQUEST@SIMTEL20.ARPA. --Frank