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Article #31Re: Is it wise to allow >20 messages per acquire?
From: Albert Steiner
Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 22:48
Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 22:48
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I think the center will find it counter-productive. I assume the reason for doing it is to try to get users to limit the number of messages they receive (stay off lists etc.) That may work but I suspect more users just call back again. This aggravates the users, and somewhat increases the amount of time that modems and systems resources are used per user. >In the situation we have, NUPop + a program from IU running under >VMS, users are limited to acquiring 20 messages at a bite. Some >chafe mildly at that. > >I presume the value is controlled up on the VAX, but don't know >for sure. Regardless of how to change it, I'd be interested in >hearing views on whether to set the ceiling higher (or lower). >Thanks. -- tracy > >Tracy Logan, Easton PA >Bitnet: loganT @ LAFAYETT Internet: loganT @ lafvax.lafayette.edu -- Albert Steiner Manager, Network Applications Development Group ACNS Academic Computing and Networking Service, Northwestern University 2129 North Campus Drive 708-491-4056 FAX 708-491-3824 Evanston, IL 60208-2850 a-steiner@nwu.edu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 13efd4,ea2c092749261add X-Google-Attributes: gid13efd4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-05-24 06:36:12 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.duke.edu!concert!news-feed-2.peachnet.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!gateway From: a-steiner@nwu.edu (Albert Steiner) Newsgroups: info.nupop Subject: Re: Is it wise to allow >20 messages per acquire? Date: 23 May 94 22:48:41 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 28 Approved: Usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Message-ID: <9405232146.AA29674@goofy.acns.nwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Originator: daemon@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu