Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!vanvleck!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!decwrl!hplabs!pyramid!octopus!pete From: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: IDEA: reader-initiated sendme protocol Message-ID: <280@octopus.UUCP> Date: 4 Jul 88 15:05:13 GMT References: <270@octopus.UUCP> <9823@g.ms.uky.edu> Reply-To: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann) Organization: Octopus Enterprises, Cupertino CA Lines: 28 In article <9823@g.ms.uky.edu> david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron) writes: >... As I see it though, that phrase >about "would then be forwarded towards the nearest archive site" >is the sticking point that nobody short of peter honeyman could >solve. Well, to begin with, I'd just use normal maps to fire the request in the direction of *some* archive server. Maybe let the user pick which one from the list, maybe have the SA be able to modify a list similar to the moderators file. Since the request would be filled by the first news-running machine that has already either received the package in question, or [a blue-sky extra feature?] already has the same request outstanding for somebody else, the worst case scenario is that a bunch of requests would cause the net to become quickly flooded with a popular software package... which is exactly what happens right now for ALL postings. The only thing lost is that less-popular things would not be transmitted along the most efficient or most desireable route. I think this tweak [and admittedly a pain to solve, as David points out] can be added later. Pete -- OOO __| ___ Peter Holzmann, Octopus Enterprises OOOOOOO___/ _______ USPS: 19611 La Mar Court, Cupertino, CA 95014 OOOOO \___/ UUCP: {hpda,pyramid}!octopus!pete ___| \_____ Phone: 408/996-7746