Autzoo.1594
net.news.b
utzoo!henry
Thu Apr 22 16:27:59 1982
duplicate articles
Since decvax converted to B news, we get a steady stream (several per
night) of duplicate news articles.  I am not sure of the reason, but
there is one highly suggestive thing:  many of them carry dates older
than the 2 weeks that I understand is B news's default expiry time.
Surprise, folks, there really are Usenet loops longer than 2 weeks!
For example, we got zeppo.168 for the second time last night;  the
two routes were:

       decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!mhtsa!mhuxt!cbosg!harpo!zeppo!mmc
       decvax!ucbvax!npois!cbosg!cbosgd!harpo!zeppo!mmc

zeppo.168 is dated 1 April.

Is anybody else seeing this?  Any thoughts on cures?  It's wasting
phone money, although not a lot SO FAR.

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