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From: chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US (Chip Rosenthal)
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Subject: Re: duplicate names in the UUCP maps
Keywords: deimos
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Date: 24 Sep 89 14:47:14 GMT
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tar@ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu (Tim Ramsey) writes:
>I just noticed that one of my systems, deimos, has been duplicated by
>a site in Canada. [...] Any ideas on how to resolve this?

Actually...the problem appears to be getting better.  I currently flag
"27" duplicates, and I believe I used to get a lot more.  I posted a list
a few months ago.  Below is what I get on the most recent maps.  (n.b.
these were generated by looking at the "#N" field.)

    Appears in Two Different UUCP Maps       (27 systems)
      .isc.com               u.usa.ca.3.Z  u.usa.co.1.Z
      .mcmaster.ca           u.can.1.Z  u.can.on.2.Z
      .nexus.ca              u.can.1.Z  u.can.ab.1.Z
      .philips.ca            u.can.1.Z  u.can.qc.1.Z
      .prime.com             u.usa.ma.4.Z  u.usa.or.1.Z
      .utoronto.ca           u.can.1.Z  u.can.on.3.Z
      .verdix.com            u.usa.or.1.Z  u.usa.va.2.Z
      aaahq01                u.usa.fl.1.Z  u.usa.va.1.Z
      conrad                 u.eur.ita.1.Z  u.usa.la.1.Z
      csb                    u.can.ab.1.Z  u.ita.1.Z
      deimos                 u.can.sk.1.Z  u.usa.ks.1.Z
      digi                   u.usa.ca.4.Z  u.usa.tx.1.Z
      gill                   u.usa.ca.4.Z  u.usa.il.1.Z
      kirk                   u.can.on.2.Z  u.usa.mn.1.Z
      lipr                   u.eur.ita.1.Z  u.ita.1.Z
      magnus                 u.isl.1.Z  u.usa.ca.3.Z
      mike                   u.usa.ca.6.Z  u.usa.va.1.Z
      orion                  u.eur.ita.1.Z  u.usa.hi.1.Z  u.usa.il.1.Z
      pei                    u.usa.ca.5.Z  u.usa.ca.8.Z
      pepper                 u.fin.1.Z  u.usa.co.1.Z
      sei                    u.usa.ca.8.Z  u.usa.pa.1.Z
      soft                   u.deu.2.Z  u.grc.1.Z
      sssphx                 u.usa.az.1.Z  u.usa.ca.5.Z
      techlink               u.eur.ita.1.Z  u.ita.1.Z
      trc                    u.usa.ca.7.Z  u.usa.in.1.Z
      utopia                 u.usa.ca.7.Z  u.usa.fl.1.Z
      vamsf                  u.usa.ca.10.Z  u.usa.ca.4.Z

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Chip Rosenthal / chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US / Dallas Semiconductor / 214-450-5337
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