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> From:         Valdis Kletnieks[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         Tuesday, January 27, 1998 1:55 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Prime time question.
>
> On Mon, 26 Jan 1998 20:36:06 MST, you said:
> > PRIME has 'granularity' only at 1hr intervals on the hour, so
> 7:45-23-59 will
> > not work.  Prime= "MON-FRI: 8:01-23:59" would be needed at step2 in
> the above.
> > First one should be 0:00-6:59"  You should always allow a 1hr
> processing window
> > anyway for best results.
>
> Being *totally* unclear why the user would acutally *want* only a
> 45 minute window on weekdays, perhaps the *right* answer here is
> that what they *want* is DIGEST?
>
> Can the original poster (who's name/addr I've lost) explain more
> about the *problem* being solved (45-minute window is the solution,
> so what is the problem?)
>
>                                 Valdis Kletnieks
>                                 Computer Systems Senior Engineer
>                                 Virginia Tech
>
The reason they want it is because the list is used for daily
announcements and news releases from our Public Affairs office and they
want to be able to post the next days announcements in the afternoon,
but not have them actually  sent out until the next morning so
subscribers won't get confused as to which day the announcements are
for.  I've suggested digesting but they want to do it this way for now.
this brings to mind the hold saying; "Mine is not to reason why...". :)


Thanks to all who replied to my question.

C. David Young
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University Of Texas At Arlington
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