jsol@BUIT1.BU.EDU.UUCP (05/27/87)
As we continue to experience pain and anguish over the conversion from XX.LCS.MIT.EDU to BUIT1.BU.EDU, I note three problems, one of which has been solved. 1) The digestifier was generating bad digests. Specifically message #2 included the text of message #1; #3 contained both #1 and #2, etc. etc. This made the digest very large and without much content. This problem has been solved. 2) USENET continues to mail duplicate messages. I am manually looking at each set of submissions before sending out a digest, and I generally catch most of the duplicates; but occasionally a digest goes out with a message from a previous digest. This can't really be helped without a major programming effort; something I do not have the time to do. This problem is really a usenet-wide problem, and I believe the usenet administrators are working on a fix, so bear with them (and me). 3) BUIT1.BU.EDU is having problems connecting to some of the digest recipients. BBN.COM and YUMA.ARPA are examples of hosts I cannot send mail to. This may be an exasperation of #1 above, since very large digests might time out, I am not sure. This may be fixed when our ARPANET connection goes in, but in the mean time, I will try forwarding Telecom digests that I can't mail to directly, through a forwarding host (probably XX.LCS.MIT.EDU). Well, now you know what the state of TELECOM is. I pledge that I will do what I can to insure the best possible digest, both in quality, and in speed of delivery.