On Wed, 26 Oct 1994 11:51:53 EDT Paul M. Karagianis said:
>BTW: I was under the impression that good net citizens didn't get BITEARN
>NODES every month.  Good citizens get the much smaller VERSyyvv NODUPD
>file instead and apply the months changes to their existing file using
>UPDNODES to build their own copy.  Or have times changed and sent this
>procedure the way of the Zoot suit?  -Kary.
 
Kary,
of course you are right. however from time to time you really need to have a
fresh copy (because -by mistake- you have edited it, for example). in
addition i remember having heard from some (strange) site, that they were
not able to update it.
 
-ulrich-