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-