Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 GARFIELD 20/11/84; site garfield.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!garfield!jeff1 From: jeff1@garfield.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Traffic Reduction Message-ID: <4326@garfield.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 21:36:26 EST Article-I.D.: garfield.4326 Posted: Thu Nov 14 21:36:26 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 22:41:54 EST References: <4494@alice.UUCP> <376@ihdev.UUCP> <1448@cbsck.UUCP> <827@rlgvax.UUCP> Sender: news@garfield.UUCP Reply-To: jeff1@garfield.UUCP (Jeff Sparkes) Organization: Memorial U. of Nfld. C.S. Dept., St. John's Lines: 19 Summary: In article <827@rlgvax.UUCP> jack@rlgvax.UUCP (Jack Waugh) writes: >2) Modify the news software to allow anyone to cancel any article. Unfortunately, that would only cut down on the number of articles seen. A canceled article still gets distributed to everyone, and then the cancellation comes along and removes it. However, by now the article has been batched and/or sent on to other sites. Has anybody modified the news software so that it doesn't do this? Maybe a list of canceled articles could be kept, and before actually sending the batched article, make sure it's not in the list. This would cut down on traffic a bit. (especially if it's done by the backbone sites) Maybe not a whole lot, but every little bit helps. This would also get rid of cancellation messages. We don't get all the newsgroups, but we still get cancellations for all of them since they are sent through control. Jeff Sparkes jeff1@garfield.UUCP jeff1@garfield.mun.cdn <- CDNnet