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- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 93 19:21:51 CDT
- From: CuD Moderators <tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu>
- 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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