On Tue, 19 May 92 08:45:47 EDT Turgut Kalfaoglu <[log in to unmask]> said: >>this morning i found HEARN's spool flooded with mails from LISTSERV at >>MIZZOU1 and destination my LISTSERV. it seems that turgut (manager of >>LISTEARN) has forgotten, or was not informed enough ahead of time about >>the changes in the LISTSERV distribution topology. >> >This is what I wrote to another list on the same subject: >Regards, >-turgut > >No, it is not broken, but was not aware that a major structure change >was going to take place overnight, and since its LMC only has an AFD to >PEERS NAMES, he could not obtain this file until it was stored at >LISTSERV sites. LISTEARN also suggests that the two LMCs coordinate such >changes so that PEERS NAMES can be distributed simultaneously in the >future. This problem only occurs with LISTEARN and is not present in the base 1.5o code. Thus, it is either a bug in LISTEARN or a design change. Sadly, Turgut's note suggests the latter. A design change requiring me to notify Turgut a long time in advance every time a server is being added, and furthermore requiring simultaneous update of all the PEERS NAMES files (and thus an infinitely fast and reliable network) in order to avoid creating a mess is not what I would personally call a desirable change. My suggestion is to undo the change. Eric Reminder: I am away until the end of the month.