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From: hokey@plus5.UUCP (Hokey)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Reposting lost articles
Message-ID: <793@plus5.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 23:38:39 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 15 23:38:39 1985
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Reply-To: hokey@plus5.UUCP (Hokey)
Organization: Plus Five Computer Services, St. Louis, MO
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The real answer is to come up with a news transfer mechanism that guarantees
correct delivery.  I still haven't had the time to look into xfernews.

This issue is hampered by the manual/batch orientation of UUCP.  If something
messes up, uucp expects somebody to fix it and try again.  If a news batch
messes up, it is usually lost.
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