HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: ldg@scott.skidmore.edu (Leo D. Geoffrion)
Subject: Re: Are WaisStation and ARA compatible?
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, 12866
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 12:12:08 GMT

In article <FAD.92Jul21105414@turing.think.com> fad@turing.think.com (Franklin A Davis) writes:
>   ldg> == ldg  <ldg@skidmore.edu> 
>    ldg> So far, all MacTCP applications (NCSA Telnet, Gopher, TheNews,
>    ldg> Eudora) work fine, but WAISStation 0.62 fails with the error
>    ldg> message "configuration error -- unable to access remote
>    ldg> databases".  

>It's probably an error configuring MacTCP on the remote machine.  It's
>tricky to get everything right: the zone, subnet, class, domain server,
>etc.  Get a netexpert to help.
>
>--Franklin

Unfortunately, I am the closest thing to a local netexpert -- any
volunteers to help as an outside expert?  I'm fairly proficient with
MacTCP, having done the initial campus installations and supervised
its installation on dozens of computers across campus that connect via
an assortment of Gatorboxes and ethertalk/CAP configurations.  We have
no Shiva/Kinetics FastPaths.

MacTCP is set to obtain its addressing from the server (Gatorbox).
This is the identical arrangement as used in our offices.  It works
fine for other apps such as Telnet, Gopher, and TheNews.  Given the
instantaneous nature of the WAISStation error message, I doubt if it's
any sort of timeout error.  

Can anyone advise on what parameter(s) WAISstation might be looking
for that are not used by the other apps?


-- 
Leo Geoffrion, Skidmore College Computer Services, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
EMAIL: ldg@scott.skidmore.edu   VOICE: (518) 584-5000 Ext. 2919
From: gil@klaatu.umd.edu (Gilbert Funk)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.wais
Subject: Security option for swais?
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:39:33 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park


   Hi.  I'm in the process of setting up a WAIS client and have a few
questions.  
	
	1. - Why can't I retrieve documents to files?

	2. - What happened to the mail option from wais-8-b4?

        3. - I have an old version of swais, where can I get a new one?

 I know the security switch must be set in my swais.  How can it be
changed?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.
			Gil
From: fad@turing.think.com (Franklin A Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.wais
Subject: Re: Are WaisStation and ARA compatible?
Date: 21 Jul 92 10:54:14
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation
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In-reply-to: ckd@eff.org's message of Mon, 20 Jul 1992 03:07:49 GMT

In article <CKD.92Jul19230551@loiosh.eff.org> ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) writes:

   Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.wais
Path: think.com!wupost!ukma!widener!eff!ckd
   From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
   Sender: usenet@eff.org (NNTP News Poster)
   Nntp-Posting-Host: loiosh.eff.org
   Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
   References: <1992Jul20.011619.1229@scott.skidmore.edu>
   Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 03:07:49 GMT
   Lines: 22

   ldg> == ldg  <ldg@skidmore.edu> 

    ldg> So far, all MacTCP applications (NCSA Telnet, Gopher, TheNews,
    ldg> Eudora) work fine, but WAISStation 0.62 fails with the error
    ldg> message "configuration error -- unable to access remote
    ldg> databases".  So far, I've not seen any point in WAISStation where
    ldg> I can configure it.  Furthermore, the identical copy of
    ldg> WAISStation works fine on the office computer which is directly
    ldg> connected to the same LocalTalk lan.

   This works fine for us (ARA through a FastPath, rather than a GatorBox,
   but the same theory holds).

   If it works all right on the office machine, it's not a routing problem
   with the GatorBox.  Hrm.  Maybe there are some timeouts in WAIStation
   that are being tickled by ARA?  (Our use is over a 14.4kbps modem, or
   sometimes "only" a 9600bps link...)

It's probably an error configuring MacTCP on the remote machine.  It's
tricky to get everything right: the zone, subnet, class, domain server,
etc.  Get a netexpert to help.

--Franklin

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From: schafers@cps.msu.edu.cps.msu.edu (Steven R Schafer)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.wais
Subject: wais-8-b5 Mac waisstation0.6.2 problem
Date: 31 Jul 92 18:33:00 GMT
Reply-To: schafers@cps.msu.edu.cps.msu.edu (Steven R Schafer)
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University
Originator: schafers@atlantic.cps.msu.edu

Has anyone experienced a problem of there waisserver crashing when it
is accessed by a Mac waisstation0.6.2 client?  I have wais-8-b5 running
on a sun4.  I can successfully access it through waissearch and gopher
running on the same machine and waissearch running on a different sun4
machine.  I have not tried from xwais yet.  But when I try to access it
from a Mac IIsi running 0.6.2 it kills the server.  The log file says
there is a segmentation fault and the server crashes.  Any ideas?

srs
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.wais
From: mfriedma@uucp (Michael Friedman)
Subject: Compiling WAIS
Organization: Oracle Corporation
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:52:32 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
              at Oracle Corporation.  The opinions expressed are those
              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.


Has anyone successfully compiled Release 8 b5 on DYNIX/ptx?

I'm having some problems and would appreciate a hand.

Mike fRiedman
617 859 1546
-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I am not an official Oracle spokesman.  I speak for myself and no one else.
From: mpitcher@fs1.ho.man.ac.uk (Malcolm Pitcher)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.wais
Subject: Re: Newbie problem with pcwais
Date: 30 Jul 92 18:32:51 GMT
Organization: Clinical Research Network, Hope Hospital, Manchester

In article <lepore.62.712417749@insane.sanders.lockheed.com> lepore@insane.sanders.lockheed.com (Lee Lepore) writes:

>>Fatal error: out of memory!
>>exiting program

>>The indicator at the bottom right of the screen says there's 180624 left.

>  No Malc, You are not alone in this problem, I am also experiencing it.  I 
>have been told that if you run PCWAIS under MS Windows most of the problems 
>disappear.  As of yet I am unable to get the memory problem completely 
>cleared up, but it does help.  If you have Windows you may want to give that 
>a try.

Just dragged windows (3.1) out from the grave it was previously consigned to,
and I'm afraid the problem still remains.  This wouldn't really have been a 
solution here, as most of the people on our LAN are anti windows (probably 
due to the dearth of hardware capable of running it).

>Any other solutions out there?  Lee

It would appear not!

Malc

mpitcher@fs1.ho.man.ac.uk
From: cathy@cc.uow.edu.au (Cathy Nicastri)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems
Subject: ISOP 92
Date: 27 Jul 92 22:54:15 GMT
Organization: University Of Wollongong




              THIRD AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS

                             HOSTED BY

     	  	   Department of Business Systems
	             University of Wollongong

			5-8 October 1992

Over 50 papers and panels will be presented on topics including Information
Systems Theory, Organisational Change, Strategic Planning, Tools and 
Technologies, Management of Information Systems and Legal Aspects of 
Information Systems.

A number of leading experts will be speaking at the Conference, they include:

	Professor Stamper (The Netherlands)
	Dr Olle (United Kingdom)
	Professor Bergeron (Canda)
	Professor Hirschheim (United States of America)
	Professor Rossi (Argentina)
	Professor Steele (Australia)
	Professor Neergaard (Denmark)
	Dr Pliskin (Israel)

Registration Fees:

Early Bird		$300
(Prior to 24 August)
After 24 August		$350
Daily Fee		$140

Official Sponsors:

			BHP IT
			Digital
			STA Worldwide

For further enquiries and registration details, please contact Rob MacGregor
(042 21 3758) or Gaye Herbert (042 21 3958) or email cathy@wampyr.cc.uow.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems
From: cathy@cc.uow.edu.au (Cathy Nicastri)
Subject: ISOP '92
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 05:36:44 GMT




              THIRD AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS

                             HOSTED BY

     	  	   Department of Business Systems
	             University of Wollongong

			5-8 October 1992

Over 50 papers and panels will be presented on topics including Information
Systems Theory, Organisational Change, Strategic Planning, Tools and 
Technologies, Management of Information Systems and Legal Aspects of 
Information Systems.

A number of leading experts will be speaking at the Conference, they include:

	Professor Stamper (The Netherlands)
	Dr Olle (United Kingdom)
	Professor Bergeron (Canda)
	Professor Hirschheim (United States of America)
	Professor Rossi (Argentina)
	Professor Steele (Australia)
	Professor Neergaard (Denmark)
	Dr Pliskin (Israel)

Registration Fees:

Early Bird		$300
(Prior to 24 August)
After 24 August		$350
Daily Fee		$140

Official Sponsors:

			BHP IT
			Digital
			STA Worldwide

For further enquiries and registration details, please contact Rob MacGregor
(042 21 3758) or Gaye Herbert (042 21 3958) or email cathy@wampyr.cc.uow.edu.ac




Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
From: peckd@lonexc.rl.af.mil (Daniel P. Peck)
Subject: Re: Searchlight (Bidirectional Flame)
Organization: RL
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 19:32:21 GMT

Just because a BBS is not used by sysops in a certain area, does not mean
it is no good.  (I know, you never said that, either)  I find that, usually,
in any given area, a certain type of BBS catches on more than another.  But,
also, I've seen that SearchLight has, with a little time and effort (or a
lot!) great configurability.  My BBS is not at ALL like it was when I first
got it.  I've still kept most of the way it operates, but if I wanted to,
I could create a whole new BBS that is unique to any other.  All the others
I've used seem to be so much the same.  In a way that's good, but in others,
it gets boring.  Anyway, just thought I'd add a few words, here, too. :)

-- Dan


Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers
From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 01:12:17 GMT

lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph) writes:

>hobbit@ac.dal.ca writes:

>>What I'm curious about, is how do you folks pronounce 'GNU'?  
>>'Nu' is proper (for the animal, anyway) but i've never heard anything 
>>but 'ge-nu' used for the software.

>From the introduction to the GNU Emacs Manual, Sixth Edition, Version
>18, March 1987, by RMS himself:

>	You are about to read about GNU Emacs, the GNU incarnation
>	of the advanced, self-documentin, customizable, extensible
>	real-time display editor Emacs. (The `G' in `GNU' is not silent.)
>					 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Also, I compiled several GNU pieces of software recently - I think
it was smalltalk that included a .au file from the author that said
"welcome to g-nu smalltalk" just in case you wondered how to
pronounce it.
-- 
David Lemson                                                 (217) 244-1205
University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant  / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
Internet : lemson@uiuc.edu                 UUCP :...!uiucuxc!uiucux1!lemson 
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From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: Computing Across America
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 02:02:57 GMT

laurelh@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Laurel Hellerstein) writes:
>So Ron-

>Are you going to give out his address?  (and thanks for clarifying I
>am not a fool!)


I would if I had it!  Unfortunately, I don't have any messages from
him laying around, the local group that keeps his messages has expired
them all, and I'm not at work.   I'll see if I can dig something up
Monday if someone else hasn't posted it by then.
-- 
Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several
of us died of tuberculosis. -- Jack Handey
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers
From: eck@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler)
Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:04:36 GMT
Organization: Culturale Elit

In <rdippold.711661229@cancun>, rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com sez:
>sean@sdg.dra.com writes:
>>The business section of the Sunday (July 19) New York Times had an article
>>on BBS's.  Overall a pretty standard intro to BBS article.  But one thing
>>caught my attention, the pronunciation of the word "sysop."   I've always
>>heard "sysops" pronounced as "sis-ops", not "sigh-sops" as written in the
>>article.  Is this a New York accent?, or have I been saying it wrong for
>>the last twelve years?
>
>Oh Lord.  Just remember the reason newspapers rarely write about
>computers, science, or third parties.   They're completely ignorant of
>them.  Their science person is often a journalism or philosophy or
>english major who actually took a course in biology.

As much as I hate to agree with Ron Dippold on anything, his
speculation is dead-bang right on this one.  I went to college with
Judith Berck, the author of the piece in the Times, and can vouch for
her unfamiliarity with anything vaguely resembling hard science.  (For
the record, she has a new book out on the daily lives of homeless
children; title is something like _In Their Own Voices_.)

In case anyone cares, David Sanger -- the idiot who keeps writing
pieces in the Times about computers that have "512,000" bytes of RAM
-- is also a classmate.  I have no idea what he majored in.

-- 
		  For a Big Lie, call 1-800-424-9090

	Mark Eckenwiler    eck@panix.com    ...!cmcl2!panix!eck
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From: betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
Date: 28 Jul 92 01:29:33 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston

In article <1992Jul27.013557.13625@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> wb8foz@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (David Lesher) writes:

>The NYT also has the only writer that seems to know what he is talking
>about in the worlds that we travel in.

There's a reporter for a major community paper here (Middlesex News - Adam
Gaffin) who has been hanging out on the net for quite some time. I've
seen him asking about areas from hacker trials to Rte 128 layoff
rumors to Soviet-Nasa internet contacts. 

It is really nice to have someone come into our community to talk
about news which affects us. Or, more accurately, to be interviewed by
one of our own :-) I wonder why the Boston Globe never talks to us?

Betsy

PS Disclaimer: Adam quoted me as an expert in an article once :-) I
wish we got his paper here in Cambridge. 
--
System Administrator                  Internet: betsys@cs.umb.edu
MACS Dept, UMass/Boston               BITNET:ESCHWARTZ%UMBSKY.DNET@NS.UMB.EDU
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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (tuu)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
Date: 25 Jul 1992 03:22:20 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucscb.ucsc.edu


In article <1992Jul23.041525.5250@qiclab.scn.rain.com> 70465.203@compuserve.com writes:
[I said the 'SYSOP' pronunciation rule is stupid because there are many 
counterexamples]
}Neither of your counter examples applies. They are both *acronyms*
}constructed from the initial letters of a phrase. In such cases, prounciation
}is pretty much determined by what it looks like.
}
}On the other hand, "sysop" is formed by combining *syllables*. It's in
}effect a contraction of the words "system operator". And the path may 
}have been that system got frequently shortened to "sys" and operator
}got shortened to "op". *Then* they got combined.

	To be absolutely completely picky, here is the description of 
acronym from the online webster dictionary.
ac.ro.nym \'ak-r*-.nim\ n [acr- + -onym (as in homonym)] : a word (as
   radar, snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the
   successive parts or major parts of a compound term

	So to be completely technical, "sysop" IS an acronym because sys
and op are the initial letters of each word in a compound term.
-- 
/unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu   used ADB trackball WANTED          Apple II Forever!\
\Mail me:Get INFOCOM GAMES RERELEASED,ULT VI GS done,for UNIX GS&CHEAP CD info/
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From: avg@rodan.UU.NET (Vadim Antonov)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
Subject: Re: Pronouncing GNU (was Re: New York Times article on BBS's)
Date: 25 Jul 1992 16:51:12 -0400
Organization: Berkeley Software Design
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net

In article <Jul.24.22.40.29.1992.17740@pilot.njin.net> pfaffman@pilot.njin.net (Jay Pfaffman) writes:
>Some official GNU doc that I read suggested that the G be pronounced,
>"to avoid horrible confusion."  I've always said GNU (one syllable),
>although Gee New could work too.

In Russian "gnu" (as gg-n-oo) is a verb meaning "{i} fold/curve/twist"
and the common derivative is "gnutaya programma" -- a {GNU} programm
which is not "straight". How applicable to GNU! :-)

--vadim
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
From: llc@po.CWRU.Edu (Ling L. Cheung)
Subject: Need (612) BBS
Reply-To: llc@po.CWRU.Edu (Ling L. Cheung)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 22:16:34 GMT


Does anybody has a list of BBS (IBM,AMIGA,MAC..) for (612) area?
I have just moved to MPLS.
-- 

Lilian Ling Cheung
llc@po.cwru.edu
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From: medic@milton.u.washington.edu (Travis Lauricella)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
Date: 23 Jul 92 03:36:38 GMT
Organization: University of Washington

unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (tuu) writes:


>In article <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins) writes:
>}Keep in mind that most computer "terms" are concatenated abbrev's.
>}In this case, SYStem OPerator.  Pronounce them accordingly.

>	I really dislike this argument, but I used to use it myself....

>	I dislike it because it's NOT true.  There are many many terms that
>are abbreviations/acronyms that are *not* pronounced the way in which the
>original words are. 

One I've been wondering about recently is GIF.  The "G" stands for graphic,
but I've heard it pronounced "JIF" more times than not.  Is there a 
pronunciation which is considered correct, or are both acceptable?
From: v120qldp@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (PATRICK FERREL)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
Subject: GEEZ!
Date: 28 Jul 92 03:24:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


Can we stop this stupid conversation about the pronunciation of computer terms? 
Geez!  There are 30 new messages, and half of them are about this idiotic
argument!  If you want to talk about it, go to alt.stupidity!

Now back to talking about BBS's.  (Novel idea, huh?)


Patrick A. Ferrel - Scholar. Helpless romantic. Modem geek.  | Disaster Area
v120qldp@ubvms.buffalo.edu | WWIVnet 42@7652 | IceNET 1@7659 | (716)683-6657
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From: fnord@panix.com (Cliff Heller)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
Date: 24 Jul 92 15:20:41 GMT
Organization: Right Bleedin' Church of Libertine Obfuscatology

In <1992Jul23.180127.1359@qiclab.scn.rain.com> leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) writes:

>medic@milton.u.washington.edu (Travis Lauricella) writes:

>For what it is worth, The *format* is owned by Compuserve. They just
>let folks use it freely. And the standards document says it is pronounced
>"jif"...

For what it's worth, NOBODY has ever attempted to dictate pronounciation of
an acronym in a standards document.  The only reason CIS did it is because
they are going out of their way to have people pronounce it in a way that
is not normal.  I don't recognize their right to do that.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers
From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
Reply-To: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 18:08:09 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.152041.28854@panix.com> fnord@panix.com (Cliff Heller) writes:
>In <1992Jul23.180127.1359@qiclab.scn.rain.com> leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) writes:
>
>>medic@milton.u.washington.edu (Travis Lauricella) writes:
>
>>For what it is worth, The *format* is owned by Compuserve. They just
>>let folks use it freely. And the standards document says it is pronounced
>>"jif"...

Since when does someone own a format?  Are you telling me that if I encode
a piece of graphics copyright me into .GIF format that Compuserve owns
my file?

cjl
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From: esr@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Pronouncing GNU (was Re: New York Times article on BBS's)
Date: 26 Jul 92 14:58:56 GMT
Distribution: world

In <Jul.24.22.40.29.1992.17740@pilot.njin.net> Jay Pfaffman wrote:
> hobbit@ac.dal.ca writes:
> 
> >What I'm curious about, is how do you folks pronounce 'GNU'?  
> >'Nu' is proper (for the animal, anyway) but i've never heard anything 
> >but 'ge-nu' used for the software.
> 
> Some official GNU doc that I read suggested that the G be pronounced,
> "to avoid horrible confusion."  I've always said GNU (one syllable),
> although Gee New could work too.

The correct pronunciation (as heard from RMS's own lips) is monosyllabic,
but with a pronounced hard G; much as if one said "eggnog" withot the
initial /e/.
-- 
					Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
From: s4uhkm@fnma.COM (Howie Michalski)
Subject: Re: Need BBS with Strong Messaging
Reply-To: s4uhkm@fnma.COM
Organization: Fannie Mae
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:11:42 GMT

In article 23588@news.Hawaii.Edu, ivan@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Ivan Gum) writes:
>Hi, I'm having a very hard time trying to find a good, inexpensive BBS that
>has Strong message features and is easy and intuitive for the users to use.
>
>SearchLight is too expensive for my budget.
>
>I've been looking at Remote Access and Maximus. 
[..]

From the users' point of view, I find that RBBS-PC's full screen editor is very nice,
however I don't have any experience Sysoping an RBBS board.

RBBS is free, BTW, and has oogles of programs out there to support it, doors,
utils, etc...

If you are looking for sheer SPEED, Spitfire BBS ($85), has the fastest message
bases around -- I run 200+ mesage conf's with a total of about 17,000 mesages at
any given time - and for a user to scan ALL of the message bases for new mail
it takes only about 35 seconds - on a 386/33 DX machine with 4M RAM and a 2M
SMARTDRV....

On the sysop end, Spitfire is pretty nice too - however, inserting a conference
in the middle of those 200, will take you about 4 minutes, as all the appropriate
files must be renamed :-)

Cheers,
Howie

BTW -> Spitfire's on-line message editor is simple but effective - if you are
SERIOUS about messaging then OFF LINE mail doors are the way to go!

Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers