news@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (News Admin) (03/11/91)
not that i'd worry about this, but what should it tell me? From news Sun Mar 10 09:18:40 1991 Return-Path: <news> Received: by scuzzy.in-berlin.de (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.18.1 #18.12) id <m0jFLbv-0000IeC@scuzzy.in-berlin.de>; Sun, 10 Mar 91 09:18 MET Message-Id: <m0jFLbv-0000IeC@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> Date: Sun, 10 Mar 91 09:18 MET From: news (News Admin) To: news Status: RO old input files: stop -- Heiko Blume <-+-> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de <-+-> (+49 30) 691 88 93 public UNIX source archive [HST V.42bis]: scuzzy Any ACU,f 38400 6919520 gin:--gin: nuucp sword: nuucp uucp scuzzy!/src/README /your/home
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (03/12/91)
In article <1991Mar11.004908.22873@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> news@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (News Admin) writes: >not that i'd worry about this, but what should it tell me? > >old input files: >stop It means that the "stop" file has been there for rather a long time, which means that you may have input piling up unprocessed. -- "But this *is* the simplified version | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology for the general public." -S. Harris | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) (03/12/91)
news@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (that's me, actually) writes: >not that i'd worry about this, but what should it tell me? >old input files: >stop i think i found out: the stop file is created by 'newsrunning off', and if one forgets the 'newsrunning on' later, the above message is generated. apart from the message i didn't notice any different behaviour of the news system, however. -- Heiko Blume <-+-> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de <-+-> (+49 30) 691 88 93 public UNIX source archive [HST V.42bis]: scuzzy Any ACU,f 38400 6919520 gin:--gin: nuucp sword: nuucp uucp scuzzy!/src/README /your/home