Letters to the Editor
back to main table of contents back to fidonews.org*Massive Dupes and Old Mail
Ross Cassell, 1:3639/93
Extracted from echomail in FIDONEWS
Hello All!
In light of connection issues between the Z1B and the NAB following Matt Bedyneks departure and a glitch with the border-gate software at the new bridge. Bob Seaborn was kind enough to provide me with archives of all the mail bundles he had that covered the time frame these glitches occured. His archives obviously contained mail from NAB fed systems that may or may not have made it into Z1B fed systems to be propogated.
*HOWEVER* some mail did propogate ok and as a result many of you will see dupes because of the mass toss I just performed of Bobs archives, however this should adequately address any lost mail.
Conversely I returned the favor to Bob Seaborn by providing him with what I could provide that contained mail from Z1B fed systems which may or may not have propogated into the NAB?
Unfortunately I only at the time only backup for 7 days inbound mail prior to toss, so I could not provide him with mail that originated from here or from my downlinks that may not have reached the NAB.. Nevertheless, some is better than none. I will be implementing a bulk backup setup when I am through here..
At any rate, when Bob gets done tossing that care package I sent to him, you will likely see even more dupes... After this, the dust shall settle and business as usual.
Best Regards,
Ross Cassell
E-mail: rcassell@home.com, ross@cassellonline.com ICQ = 5305939
Region 18 Web Page = http://www.cassellonline.com/fidonet/
back to letters to the editor table of contents back to main table of contents back to fidonews.orgEcho Mod Robot Updates
Thom LaCosta, 1:1/21
Extracted from Echomail in MODERATORS
I've gotten mail from several moderators asking if I can use the echo mod robot to make submissions on their behalf.
The technology works...I use it for my own echoes. The downside is that if I were to take on that automation, I might renew a listing for a moderator who is no longer active...which is counter productive.
I suppose it could be done...I'd just have to reach out and touch the moderator before renewal to insure that they are still online.
So, the question might be, is that an appropriate mechanism to prevent the unwanted/unwarrented rescues, or do we maintain the present system.
Note: there are many echoes that have MOD UPD messages submitted by someone other than the moderator...so the precendent has been set.
I'd be interested in comments from yourself and others on the matter.
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