At 12:58 PM 5/31/94 -0500, Winship wrote: >One thing you could do, if you can, is to get a special account to >receive the submitted postings. Give all the editors the password >and then whoever is on duty logs in and deals with whatever is there. >That way you won't have to keep changing the header. But be sure >your editors are people you can trust. That's not a bad idea, but I might have trouble getting extra acounts on the local VM system (especially since it's supposed to go south soon). It did spark the idea, though, of setting up a human-readable (and editable?) lock file of sorts on my own workstation. I can give each editor an account on my own machine and set up some sort of system where people "claim" a note. (Unix permits unlimited multiple logins at a time, something I *really* like, except for rare situations like this.) Perhaps I can even write something to handle things automatically.... I'll let y'all know whatever I figure out in the end. > Douglas Winship Austin, Texas [log in to unmask] > Secondary AUTOCAT Listowner b& -- [log in to unmask], Arizona State University School of Music net.proselytizing (write for info): Protect your privacy; oppose Clipper. Voice concern over proposed Internet pricing schemes. Stamp out spamming. Finger [log in to unmask] for PGP 2.3a public key.