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In article <A0A1F9FFE97A1800@UK.AC.ULCC.MVS> D.Tilley%ULCC.AC.UK@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU writes:
>I have one small request: after a time - when I've collected most of what I
>need from your archive -  I will need subsequently to know when significant
>updates have been made.  Can your system tell me when these have occurred?

I've gotten requests for a "binaries mailing list" in the past, but
have always dismissed it as too much work for too few people.  However,
while I was answering the above via E-mail, an idea came to me: it is
simple to set up a system to mail the sources and binaries index files
to people whenever they have changed since the last mailing.  People
can then examine the index and request any desired files from the
archive server.  Is there demand for this?  Send mail to
autoindex-request%panarthea.ebay@sun.com if you'd like to receive
these.  (Note: if you can get comp.binaries.atari.st and
comp.sources.atari.st, you shouldn't subscribe; you won't be getting
any extra information, and you'll be wasting net bandwidth.)

One caveat: when I post something like gnuemacs, all its entries go into
the index when the first part is posted.  However, the files don't get
copied over to the archive directory until the last part is posted, which
can be several days from the first post (depending on the number of parts
in the submission).

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Steven Grimm		Moderator, comp.{sources,binaries}.atari.st
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