I just discovered that the 8/2/88 PEERS NAMES table has UCHCECVM
listed as a Backbone LISTSERV.  UCHCECVM is adjacent to UMDD BUT it
is in Chile!  Furthermore, the comments in their entry say that the
link is not scheduled to be up for at least 12 hours a day.
 
   On our INFO-APP list this affected U of Maryland, CUA, and NIH.
 
   I changed our PEERS NAMES file to make UCHCECVM :backbone.NO
and I did TELL LISTSERV CMS LSVPRSUM  (just to be safe I also did a
STOP REBOOT because the LSVPRSUM just gives a return code 0 - I get
spoiled by all the nice messages LISTSERV usually puts out when it
rebuilds stuff).  Now the routing seems ok.  I hope one of the coordinators
can fix this because I know it is affecting many folks in the Maryland
area (their nearest server was at PSUVM).
 
   I would like to mention that one of the very nice features of DIST2 is
that it is VERY easy to get a map of the route mail-via DIST will take.
 
   For example, if you just XEDIT the file shown below, GET the list
you want to check into the file after the //TO DD *, then SENDFILE
that to LISTSERV, LISTSERV will mail you a map of where the output
would go!  Not only what the final distribution LISTSERVs are but what
paths are followed for each final distribution point!  (Excerpt from
the "bad" list follows).  The Debug=yes option prevents mail from
actually going out.
 
   It might be nice to have an option such as Mail-via= DIST2,Trace or
Trace=yes in the headers which would list this in the log for
"problem" lists.  But it is so easy to check it this way that probably
isn't necessary.  (I am not very knowledgeable on DISTRIBUTE jobs, but
the following seems to do what I want).
 
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Marty Hoag                              ND HECN E-mail Postmaster
ND Higher Education Computer Network    US Mail: NDSU Computer Center
Work Phone: (701)-237-8639                       PO Box 5164 / UCCS
                                                 Fargo, ND  58105
Bitnet:  INFO@NDSUVM1    (Including EARN, NetNorth)
ARPA:    [log in to unmask]          (aka NU021172@NDSUVM1 or @VM1.NoDak.EDU)
UUCP:    ...!psuvax1!NDSUVM1.BITNET!INFO
 
------------- Simple DIST2 Test Job --- NOTE:  Debug=yes !!! -------------
                                       (Debug=yes prevents mail from going out)
//Test.Dist2 JOB Echo=yes
DIST2 Mail Debug=yes
//TO DD *
                  <--- Insert LIST to be checked here... Comments are ignored.
/*
//DATA  DD  *,EOF,Res=Disk
Date:         Wed, 17 Aug 88 15:55:00 CDT
From:         Marty Hoag <INFO@NDSUVM1>
Subject:      This is a test...
To:
 
   This is a test.
 
--------------- Part of the output of the DIST2 Test Job -----------------
 
 
 
 
 
 
Received: by NDSUVM1 (Mailer X1.25) id 7572; Wed, 17 Aug 88 16:00:29 CDT
Date:         Wed, 17 Aug 1988 16:00 CDT
From:         Revised List Processor (1.5n) <LISTSERV@NDSUVM1>
Subject:      Output of your job "Test.Dist2"
To:           "HECN Postmaster (Marty Hoag)" <INFO@NDSUVM1>
 
Job "Test.Dist2" started on 17 Aug 1988 16:00:19
 
> DIST2 Mail Debug=yes
Debug trace information:
 
 AXTBF@ALASKA      goes to UWAVM    (#104)
 FFDDO@ALASKA      goes to UWAVM    (#104)
...
 JDA@NIHCU         goes to UCHCECVM (#120)         UFFDA!  mgh   =;-)
 RSS@NIHCU         goes to UCHCECVM (#120)
 ...
 C09700SD@WUVMD    goes to RICE     (#22)
 CS117341@YUSOL    goes to CANADA01 (#12)
 
Path information:
 
 UWAVM   : BITNIC BYUADMIN UWAVM
 OHSTVMA : BITNIC PSUVM OHSTVMA
 BITNIC  : Direct send
...
 BEARN   : BITNIC FRULM11 BEARN
 BROWNVM : BITNIC YALEVM BROWNVM
 BYUADMIN: BITNIC BYUADMIN
 QUCDN   : BITNIC PSUVM CANADA01 QUCDN
 UCHCECVM: BITNIC PSUVM UCHCECVM
...
 CANADA01: BITNIC PSUVM CANADA01
 
 
Time elapsed: 5.02s, TCPU= 2.04s, VCPU= 1.86s (CPU model 3081).
 
Job "Test.Dist2" ended   on 17 Aug 1988 16:00:27
 
Summary of resource utilization
-------------------------------
 CPU time:        2.53 sec                 Device I/O:    36
 Overhead CPU:    0.24 sec                 Paging I/O:   129
 CPU model:       3081                     DASD model:  3380