Contents of the INFO-ADA database on LISTSERV

Contents of the INFO-ADA database on LISTSERV

["Jonathan B. Owen"]

I have sent this letter quite a while ago but have not received a reply
until this day.  Are there any other Bitnet user's who have run into
the same problem?
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 (/        Jonathan B. Owen             Voice: (03) 281-422

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Hello.

   Today I tried for the first time to access INFO-ADA's database.
I am sorry to say that I was estonished to find that each entry in the
database is a digest instead of a letter.  The way it is now, makes it
almost useless.  Besides being wastful when it comes to retrieving
information from the database, it is not possible to conduct a
profitible search.  As an example, say I want to find letters which
contains the words "386","compiler","unix".  When I try to select these
words, I "hit" all digests which contain all three words, even though
each word is contained in a different letter within the digest.

  I strongly suggest to reorginize the database so that each letter
occupies an entry of it's own.  I realize that the Listserv might
be receiving the digest once a day from the address of INFO-ADA.
If this is the case, would it be possible to un-digestify the
"letter" to be distributed for the database's sake?

                                    Sincerley,
                                              JB
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 (/        Jonathan B. Owen
 Point of view:  A chicken is the means by which an egg reproduces an egg.
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