Afflicted by Penguin-Lust (MIT's FAQ autoposter)

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Anthony Naggs (amn@ubik.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 11 Jan 1999 15:48:59 +0000


A little Picayune Tale, (though not from Bloom County), ...

I've got a little Mini-FAQ that I post weekly. Sometimes I'm busy, away
or just forgetful so I decided to try the MIT autoposter. I uploaded
the FAQ on the 2nd January, and it was duly posted later that day.

Now I was rather expecting it to be reposted on the 9th, but today
(Monday the 11th), I've sent status commands which come back with:
The status of the uk/tv/babylon-min-faq posting is as follows:

It was last posted on or around 1999/01/02.
It will be posted again on or around 1999/01/09.

The text of the posting is as follows:
...

The date on the email is pukka (Date: 11 Jan 1999 13:55:22 -0000) so the
server is keeping time. Does it just not like short intervals between
postings, or perhaps I'm supposed to slip some greenbacks in the digital
envelope when I email to it? :-) Are there other autoposters that are
happier with weekly postings?

Cheers,

-- 
Anthony Naggs


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