Re: Distribution Status Messages

[hrlane@xxxxxxxxx]

     
   I agree with Norm that we must be patient.  The wheels do turn slowly, not 
only in corporate organizations but also in more academic ones.  The people we 
depend on to repair/adjust such technical problems in our organizations are not 
hired to focus on such matters.  They do it only because they want to.  If I 
demanded they do it asap, they probably wouldn't do it at all.  

Rich Lane
hrlane@amoco.com

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Subject: Distribution Status Messages
Author:  owner-paleonet at unix,mime/dd.RFC-822=owner-paleonet\@nhm\.ac\.uk
Date:    1/30/96 1:43 AM


Long-term listserver users will already have recognized the "Distribution 
Status" messages being sent to PaleoNet by the ARCO Plano computer as 
something listservers (especially very large ones like PaleoNet) all fall 
victim to from time to time. I've contacted several ARCO (Plano) 
subscribers about the problem and they are working on getting it resolved 
through ARCO. However, let's be patient. The wheels of corporate business 
networks often turn slowly for informal associations like PaleoNet. The 
upcoming move of the PaleoNet listserver to Berkeley (which is in the final 
stages of its organization) will give PaleoNet access to much improved 
message filtering tools. Accordingly, I'm hoping that this sort of thing 
won't be much of a problem in the future.
     
     
Norm MacLeod
     
     
     
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