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- From: sjsobol@waffle.tiny.com (Steven J. Sobol)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
- Subject: Re: problems with the UUCP maps--duplicate node names
- Message-ID: <LsTsXB3w165w@waffle.tiny.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 17:03:32 EST
- References: <C16D9K.pA@revcan.rct.ca>
- Organization: The Tiny Software Company, Cleveland, OH
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- dave@revcan.rct.ca (David Blackwood) writes:
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- > >Comments or suggestions?
- >
- > Automatic expiry of map entries after a fixed period of time. If you
- > don't renew your map entry by resubmitting it at least annually then it
- > simply gets dropped. That may not solve the duplicate name problem but
- > it would certainly go a long way toward eliminating non-existent and
- > inactive sites.
-
- But then there would be other map entries which reference a
- now-nonexistent map entry.
-
- I like the idea that if you don't send in a new entry every <x> months
- you get deleted.
-
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