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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 93 19:21:51 CDT
From: CuD Moderators <[e-mail]>
Subject: File 1--MODERATORS' Corner  (ah, sundry snippets)

MISNUMBERING OF #5.14

CuD #5.14 was inadvertently numbered as #5.17.  The date (Feb 17) was
used instead of the issue. Thanks to those who notified us. The type
has been corrected, so if you save CuDs, you should re-number
correctly.

UNSUBBING FROM CuD

For those who wish to unsub from CuD's mailing list, you should
INLCUDE YOUR ADDRESS in the unsub notice. Sometimes, the address in
the "From:' line doesn't correspond to anything on the mailing list.
YOU SHOULD ALSO BE SURE TO SEND THE CORRECT UNSUB ADDRESS.  If your
unsub request doesn't originate from the address listed in the mailing
list, it makes it rather difficult to determine the correct one to
delete.

CuD PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

Beginning with #5.16 (next Sunday), we will try to revert back to the
once-a-week publication schedule and do twice-a-week runs as
infrequently as possible. We will also try to keep the size limits to
about 38-40K, so CuDs will be a bit shorter than previously (by about
10 percent). The mailing list has grown so large that running an issue
takes about two hours. Attempts to run 50-60 megs through the mailer
in such a short time sometimes causes the log-jams.

AMERICA ON-LINE SUBSCRIBERS

AOL subbers have had problems receiving CuD. IBMmers are allowed to
receive mail files of about 7K, and Mac folk about 28K. We tried
breaking CuDs down into smaller sizes for them, but the size limits
are simply prohibitive. We suggest they unite to ask for a more
reasonable file size of about 50K. Sorry we can't be of much help on
this problem.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQS)

We are now maintaining a list of FAQs that we can make available on
request. It will also be available from the ftp sites.  If there is
interest, we will run it every three months or so as we add to it.

BACK ISSUES

Please read the header for back issue information. We are unable to
send out back issues from the editors' site because of the sheer
volume. Back issues (Vols 1 through 5.15) are available on the ftp
sites, most long-standing BBSes, and many public access systems.
Compressed, they require nearly four megs of disk space.

REPRINTING "OLD" ARTICLES

We are repeatedly asked why we reprint "old" news or news that seems
erroneous. We do this for several reasons, including the following.
First, especially for newcomers or those reading CuDs from a BBS, old
news is new news. Second, some "old" news is repackaged and
recirculated. We feel it's important to provide an archive of the ways
in which this happens. For example, a recent summary of a virus
article contained old news in a new format. We ran it to indicate the
recursive nature of information that is passed on without critique. We
try to indicate this in the "Subject:" line or in a "Moderators' Note"
when this occurs. Sometimes, we goof. The virus article, for those who
asked, was a GEnie reprint, and an accidental deletion removed the
context. We apologize for the confusion.

We also remind some of our critics that Cu Digest has no budget or
staff, is run from a primitive Amdahl running Wylbur as its front end,
and most articles must be reformatted before running.  Our incoming
mail is fairly heavy, and we try to respond personally to each one.
Both editors have full time positions that require 60-plus hours of
investment, and sometimes things simply slip by.  We ain't perfect,
but we try. So, we appreciate criticism, but we hope it is a bit more
constructive than "can't you guys get anything straight?"

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