Hi Gert!

>>>> One of the things you agreed to (and I guess forgot
) is that
>>>> you _should never_  hatch the same files in two different FDNs.
>>>> Especially 20+ Meg files!!

>>> Yes, and after I had hatched the files I come throu that I just
>>> should have hatched those files in only PASFREE echo as they is from
>>> Free Pascal.

>> Definitely :)

>>>> _Please_ don't do something like this again.. if you see a file
>>>> that would be of interest to say the pascal-net people, then let
>>>> them know with a message in the Pascal Echo where they can find the
>>>> file in LNX4APPS.... or vice versa! Just don't (_please_ don't)
>>>> ever hatch the same file in two FDNs.  I thought you understood
>>>> this in the filegate policy?

>>>> I've had complaints from some people about this, and I don't blame
>>>> them at all!!

>>> Next time will I see if I can remember to hatch files in only one
>>> echo if the files is really big ones, nad is they is smaller files
>>> and could go to several nets files echo copy the files to different
>>> names

>> Don't you understand, Gert, it is still a problem :(

> Yes I do..

Thank you for understanding :)  We had this problem long ago when Modems
and phone lines cost us a lot of  $$ and disk space..Now that those issues
are not so bad we still have other issues :)  The bottom line is that
people do not want duplicate files across many FDNs on their systems :) 
Some people pay for bandwidth, and it's a pain for them, just like those
Long Distance telephone calls.

>> If you change the name of the file just so you can get around the
>> policy, that is not right.  Downlinks (and users) who download files
>> don't want the same file with different names!

>> There are ways around this problem.. one is to do what I mentioned
>> earlier, let people know in "announce messages" in the
echos where the
>> file is located if it is not released in the "other" file echo.

>> Another thing you could do is send the files out to your Pascal-net or
>> 4Lnx fdn downlinks, and then  _don't_ also send them here except out
>> to one FDN.

>> We have to do things this way, this is important.

> Yes this will done the next times, with only files in one file echo fdn and
> self if the files could be to other nets echo just send out to one fdn on
>filegate and only i *one* fdns and if people could or can use the file and lik
> it they can se the the fles echo and where it can be found by the announcng i
> sending out in announce echoes.

That sounds great :)  Thank you so much Gert :)

Take care,
Janis

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