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This discussion of loading unread mail while disconnected and other methods of
cleaning up the  reader for users is  interesting.  One reason why I  am not a
big IBM fan  is this read concept.   It is almost as outmoded  as card readers
and 300 baud  modems.  The capacity of  the reader is also  incredibly low.  I
think the reader here  has a capacity of 30,000 files which is  fine for us at
Temple, but might be miniscule for many other sites.  I appreciate the IBM for
several things, but this reader concept sure is lousy.

It seems to me that instead of overburdening busy computer support people with
setting  up mechanisms  to do  people's housecleaning  for them,  it would  be
better to  set a  limit on  the number  of files  that can  reside in  any one
person's reader list.  Files that are sent to a person who has not cleaned out
his/her reader should  be bounced back to the sender.   Is this possible under
VM/CMS?  I seem to remember that it was  possible to set such a limit.  I know
it is possible to set email limits  on VMS and other system since I frequently
get bounced messages from my list from people who have exceeded that limit.

Stan Horwitz
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Temple University
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