I happened to be just completing a large DISTRIBUTION that spanned most of the network, and since there seems to be some problems identifying how some material has gone, I thought I would compile the results I have gotten so far. I was attempting to send an announcement to the contact person listed in BITEARN NODES for every VM node. (As an aside, I've had 3 of those return for address does not exist. Hows that for accuracy?) When I reduced duplicates, that reduced to just over 400 people. Since they are spread through out the network, the ditribute function seemed ideal. My first attempt partially failed due to some data files, PEERS NAMES and LINKSWT FILE, not being on my A-disk. They were on a R/O disk. This caused the PEERS NAMES file to never be updated by Eric, and the NODESGEN command to ignore LINKSWT and use just number of links. Once that was cleared up, I deleted people I had already delivered the note to, and started again. I sent my job to [log in to unmask] Below I have draw a diagram of how the date flowed through the network. One real pain was that the Lehigh Listserv has had distribute disabled, but the Rutgers listserv still tried to use it. Watch out if you try to use it. +-FRECP11----BNANDP11--x | | | +-DB0TUI11--x | | +-DEARN----+-AWIIMC11--x | | | +-HEARN-----x | | +-CEARN----+-FINHUTC---x | | | +-EB0UB011--x | | | +-IRLEARN---x | +-IRISHVM---x | | | +-UIUCVMD--+ | | | | | +-RICE-------TAMVM1-----x | | | +-CMUCCVMA-+-UTCVM------UGA-------? MARIST---+ | | | | +-AKRONVM---x +-NCSUVM---+ | | +-UTORONTO---x | | | | | +-CANADA01-+ | | | | | | | +-WATDCS---? | +-SUVM-----+ | | | +-UBVM-----x | +-RUTVM1-----LEHIIBM1---* | +-BYUADMIN---OREGON1----WSUVM1-----? x - End of Distribution ? - No results yet * - Distribution rejected, feature disabled CEARN - rejected 4 node forwarded to it. NCSUVM - rejected 7 node forwarded to it. Also there was 4 different To: address given when the Ack were returned to me. I suspect that the ack get is name from its SIGNUP FILE, not from the Distribute job. 1 - HARRY@MARIST 2 - "A. Harry Williams" <HARRY@MARIST> 3 - "Harry Williams" <HARRY@MARIST> 4 - "A. HARRY WILLIAMS" <HARRY@MARIST> The pattern of return was: 1 2 3 4 BNANDP11 FRECP11 RICE CANADA01 DEARN CEARN SUVM DB0TUI11 NCSUVM RUTVM1 AWIIMC11 CMUCCVMA BYUADMIN HEARN UIUCVMD FINHUTC UTCVM IRLEARN EB0UB011 UTORONTO OREGON1 UBVM TAMVM1 LEHIIBM1 IRISHVM AKRONVM /ahw