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echo: fidonews
to: WARD DOSSCHE
from: MARK LEWIS
date: 2020-06-05 06:38:00
subject: Re: Just got this ...

  Re: Re: Just got this ...
  By: Ward Dossche to mark lewis on Fri Jun 05 2020 09:23:13


 WD>>> For all intents and purposes, I would call that a bug.

 ml>> more of a design defect... but we must also remember that rescans
 ml>> came later and there was no indication of them having been done...
 ml>> also most systems were leaf nodes so rescans didn't really
 ml>> matter... the problem comes when a system feeding others does a
 ml>> rescan and doesn't know about or take the ^aRESCAN control line
 ml>> into account when tossing... this is all relatively new, though...

 WD> Do you have relatives in the Netherlands perhaps?

no... you're not the only target or reader in here, either... the reply was
also intended for those just reading along who don't know how FTN distribution
really works ;)


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