nagel@beaver.ics.uci.edu (Mark Nagel) (04/28/89)
In article <2765@carthage.cs.swarthmore.edu>, jackiw@cs (Nick Jackiw) writes: |In article <1316@tellab5.tellabs.CHI.IL.US> kenk@tellab5.UUCP (Ken Konecki) writes: |> Hello everybody, |> I've tried posting some stuff (twice) to comp.sources.mac and so far it |> hasn't appeared (and I've waited 4 weeks). |> Any idea on why it hasn't shown up? Is there any |> criteria for postings I'm not aware of? | |Posters to either of the moderated mac groups (binaries and sources) |should be aware that there is a lengthy backlog (measurable in months)... |the moderator either finds himself somewhat (and understandably) |overwhelmed, or he enforces (for reasons unknown) a delay policy. Only |important Virus information, Apple technical information, and patches |to major commercial software packages make it through with any rapidity. I think the problem may be more than that. I recently handled failed mail to macintosh@felix.uucp through ucivax. As is obvious from c.b.m posts, the actual address is macintosh@dhw68k.uucp == macintosh@dhw68k.cts.com. Apparently, when Roger left FileNet, they kept an alias for forwarding mail to dhw68k. The failed mail I handled, however, had an error header saying that macintosh was an unknown address at felix. The real problem here is that the moderator tables on backbone sites probably need to be updated to point to macintosh@dhw68k.cts.com. I have notified Roger of this problem and asked him to take steps to correct it. In the meantime, a workaround for this is to mail directly to the correct address rather than posting to c.s.m or c.b.m. Mark Nagel @ UC Irvine, Department of Information and Computer Science +----------------------------------------+ ARPA: nagel@ics.uci.edu | The world is coming to an end. | UUCP: ucbvax!ucivax!nagel | Please log off. |
ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (04/28/89)
Why are postings to comp.sources.mac moderated at all? At our site the last message to c.s.m is #9, and this hasn't changed in months. I think people should be encouraged to post to c.s.m., and I can't see that the load is such that it needs to be moderated. Are there other reasons? Robert ------ ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu ------ generic disclaimer: all my opinions are mine
kent@ssbell.UUCP (Kent Landfield) (05/02/89)
In article <2969@tank.uchicago.edu> ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes: > >Why are postings to comp.sources.mac moderated at all? At our site the last >message to c.s.m is #9, and this hasn't changed in months. I think people >should be encouraged to post to c.s.m., and I can't see that the load is such >that it needs to be moderated. Are there other reasons? > I don't have an answer to your question but I have sent mail to the moderator at least 5 times in the last 3 months. No bounces, no answer. Is there anyone home ? :-( -Kent+
bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) (05/02/89)
In article <1316@tellab5.tellabs.CHI.IL.US> Ken Konecki writes: > Hello everybody, > I've tried posting some stuff (twice) to comp.sources.mac and so far it > hasn't appeared (and I've waited 4 weeks). > Any idea on why it hasn't shown up? Is there any > criteria for postings I'm not aware of? No special criteria. It's just that sources get jumbled in with all of the binaries in the queue, and even things identified as source usually end up being StuffIt archives which are posted to comp.binaries.mac, regardless of WHAT they contain. The comp.sources.mac newsgroup is for human readable source, and many people find that StuffIt archives containing binary resource files and binary Makefiles are more useful. In article <2765@carthage.cs.swarthmore.edu> Nick Jackiw writes: | |Posters to either of the moderated mac groups (binaries and sources) |should be aware that there is a lengthy backlog (measurable in months)... |the moderator either finds himself somewhat (and understandably) |overwhelmed, or he enforces (for reasons unknown) a delay policy. Only |important Virus information, Apple technical information, and patches |to major commercial software packages make it through with any rapidity. There is a lengthy backlog due to the volume of information that passes through comp.binaries.mac. Time sensitive information does make it out quite quickly, and hopefully what I've considered time sensitive is considered useful by those who monitor comp.binaries.mac. In article <12822@paris.ics.uci.edu> Mark Nagel writes: >I think the problem may be more than that. I recently handled failed >mail to macintosh@felix.uucp through ucivax. As is obvious from c.b.m >posts, the actual address is macintosh@dhw68k.uucp == >macintosh@dhw68k.cts.com. Apparently, when Roger left FileNet, they >kept an alias for forwarding mail to dhw68k. The failed mail I >handled, however, had an error header saying that macintosh was an >unknown address at felix. The real problem here is that the moderator >tables on backbone sites probably need to be updated to point to >macintosh@dhw68k.cts.com. I have notified Roger of this problem and >asked him to take steps to correct it. Please leave the submission addresses for comp.binaries.mac and comp.sources.mac as macintosh@felix.UUCP Mail should be sent to dhw68k ONLY as a last resort. Any mail that bounces from felix is probably a fluke, or due to felix being a poor, overworked Vax 11/750 running ancient software. I continue to receive submissions sent to via felix.UUCP and would appreciate it if that would continue until such time as I announce a new submission address. >In the meantime, a workaround for this is to mail directly to the >correct address rather than posting to c.s.m or c.b.m. Mail postings to macintosh@felix.UUCP or post to comp.binaries.mac. -- Roger L. Long dhw68k!bytebug
lipa@polya.Stanford.EDU (William J. Lipa) (05/04/89)
I'm not sure what the deal with comp.sources.mac is, but in the meantime, I'd love to get whatever source code you were going to post for Info-Mac. Just send it off to info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu with a note about what it's supposed to do. Putting stuff on Info-Mac is an effective way to get widespread distribution of your files. Bill Lipa Info-Mac
david@dhw68k.cts.com (David H. Wolfskill) (05/04/89)
In article <471@ssbell.UUCP> kent@ssbell.UUCP (Systems Administrator) writes: >.... >I don't have an answer to your question but I have sent mail to the >moderator at least 5 times in the last 3 months. No bounces, no answer. >Is there anyone home ? :-( I am the S/A & owner of the machine where Roger currently has the account that he uses to moderate the comp.{binaries,sources}.mac newsgroups. At the moment (as I write this), he is logged in, preparing "at" jobs to submit things to the newsgroups while he is on vacation for a few days; however, I can assure you that someone is, indeed, "home" most of the time. If you have trouble reaching Roger, you may try sending inquiries as to the nature of the problem to me; if mail to this site seems to be ineffective, you may try calling my work telephone at (714) 385-4055. However, if the problem is an issue of Roger's policies and procedures in moderating the newsgroups, there is no point in sending such inquiries my way -- that is properly Roger's concern. Please do not attempt to send submissions to either of those newsgroups to me: I neither own nor use a Mac. david -- David H. Wolfskill uucp: ...{spsd,zardoz,felix}!dhw68k!david InterNet: david@dhw68k.cts.com