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- From: woody@memalph.UUCP (Woody Harper)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
- Subject: problems with the UUCP maps--duplicate node names
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <728144157snx@memalph.UUCP>
- References: <1993Jan20.184530.17366@PacBell.COM>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 14:15:57 GMT
- Organization: Memory Alpha
- Lines: 31
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- In article <1993Jan20.184530.17366@PacBell.COM> j4jbail@srv.PacBell.COM writes:
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- > In article <1993Jan19.213256.21892@fasttech.com> zeke@fasttech.com (Bohdan > Tashchuk) writes:
- > >The problem is that many of the entries are obsolete. For example, I > recognized
- > >one of them. It is four years old and the node doesn't exist any more.
- > >
- > >I've raised this issue here before, but nobody seemed to know how to solve it: > >
- > > The maps will continue to have LOTS OF PROBLEMS
- > > unless we figure out how to delete obsolete entries.
- > >
- > >Comments or suggestions?
- >
- > I, too, recognized some obsolete map entries. After pointing them out
- > to the map coordinator twice, and seeing no action taken, I gave up.
- >
- > It seems we need some validation policy, either manual or automatic.
- > For example, map entries would have expiration dates, which could be
- > renewed simply by sending a message to the coordinator. Alternatively,
- > a new map entry would be required for renewal.
- >
-
- I agree! I recently had a major disruption in service (that is still in
- progress) due to a site in California that started using my site name
- memalph. I need to know how to send a message to this guy. I have used this
- site name for about 4-5 years and the new guy is starting to tick me off.
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- Woody Harper woody@memalph.UUCP
- I Find Things... That Make Me Go!
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