WANCHO@SIMTEL20.ARPA ("Frank J. Wancho") (06/26/87)
Several changes to the Archive Server have been made in the past few weeks to improve service for replies sent through intermediate hosts. One of the requested changes was to reduce the size of the messages by half so that these messages don't hog the single-stream mail channels, particularly on BITNET, for extended periods of time, and thus give other mail a chance to get through in a timely manner. Unfortunately, this has resulted in the SIMTEL20 mail queue to rapidly grow way beyond all expectations: the Server was now generating twice as many messages and our dedicated mailer for this service now had to establish twice as many connections for the same number of replies. That mailer could not keep up with the the queue, and for the second time in as many weeks, we have had to shutdown the Server because we were running out of disk space. Because the disk space is at a premium for our regular users, and because the resources required by both the Server and the mailer have now reached a point well beyond the capabilities of our present system configuration, the Server has been shut down until further notice and for an indefinite period of time. New requests will be returned unanswered, and both present requests and replies will be flushed. In the meantime, we are examining other possibilities to provide access to our collections. Because the great majority of requests have come from BITNET users, we are looking for one or more BITNET hosts willing to provide the disk space and BITSERV facilities for one or more of our collections of public domain software. --Frank
mlinar@poisson.usc.edu (Mitch Mlinar) (06/27/87)
In article <WANCHO.12313591462.BABYL@SIMTEL20.ARPA> WANCHO@SIMTEL20.ARPA ("Frank J. Wancho") writes: > >Because the disk space is at a premium for our regular users, and >because the resources required by both the Server and the mailer have >now reached a point well beyond the capabilities of our present system >configuration, the Server has been shut down until further notice and >for an indefinite period of time. New requests will be returned >unanswered, and both present requests and replies will be flushed. > I am really sorry to hear that. My RQP/M and half the users in my area rely upon my simtel20 downloads. Unfortunately, being on a LOW student budget, I cannot afford any LD phone calls or PCP. The only two boards that are bigger than my 50M storage are pretty clogged up, and babysitting time for 1200 baud even if I can get through is a drag. At least with the Sun, I can FTP in one window while doing REAL work in the other..... Well, I can't say I blame you. Just let us know when and where the CP/M section becomes available again. I just hope it is something I can reach from here..... -Mitch
kenw@noah.arc.CDN (Ken Wallewein) (06/29/87)
> I am really sorry to hear that.... > . > . > .' > Well, I can't say I blame you. Just let us know when and where the CP/M > section becomes available again. I just hope it is something I can reach > from here..... Same here. /kenw
kdavis@lamc.UUCP (06/29/87)
Subject: Re: Archive Server Shutdown > I am really sorry to hear that.... > . > . > .' > Well, I can't say I blame you. Just let us know when and where the CP/M > section becomes available again. I just hope it is something I can reach > from here..... >> Same here. >> >>/kenw And the same here.. Ken ----- Ken Davis - Letterman Army Medical Center - Presidio of San Francisco {ptsfa,well,hoptoad}!lamc!kdavis ptsfa!lamc!kdavis@sun.com
W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen) (06/30/87)
Just a reminder that all the new files on SIMTEL20 announced to
Info-Cpm are also available on my RCP/M (accessable via PC-Pursuit)
and on GEnie's CP/M RoundTable.
--Keith Petersen
Arpa: W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA
Uucp: {bellcore,decwrl,harvard,lll-crg,ucbvax,uw-beaver}!simtel20.arpa!w8sdz
GEnie: W8SDZ
RCP/M Royal Oak: 313-759-6569 - 300, 1200, 2400 (V.22bis) or 9600 (USR HST)