Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: nyu notesfiles V1.1 4/1/84; site down.FUN Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!down!honey From: honey@down.FUN Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: BIG networks Message-ID: <2200004@down.FUN> Date: Sun, 16-Dec-84 10:07:00 EST Article-I.D.: down.2200004 Posted: Sun Dec 16 10:07:00 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Dec-84 03:24:50 EST References: <3821@ucbvax.UUCP> Organization: The Official Fun Machine of Princeton University EECS Lines: 15 Nf-ID: #R:ucbvax:-382100:down:2200004:000:596 Nf-From: down!honey Dec 16 10:07:00 1984 /***** down:net.unix-wizar / ucbvax!kupfer / 1:08 am Dec 16, 1984*/ ... But it also seems that uucp mail could learn a few tricks from the Internet system. /* ---------- */ uucp has learned a few tricks, not from the internet, but from common sense. the latest version of uucp notifies the issuer (*not* previoushost!uucp) of problems. if a message is stuck in the spool for a day, a warning is sent back to the issuer. after a week, the message is removed, with another notification. in both cases, the message is included in the notification. is this how the internet does it? peter