Just an update on the problems with NEWS...
 
Here's what we've found so far:
1)  The upgrade to NEWS seemed to fix the problems we were originally
having with the NEWS.  These problems would cause the system to add the
header of a news message, but not the text of the message.  The system
would get the error "Out of Core".  User's would then see the error "Cannot
access item text" on those messages.
 
2)  We again had problems on 3/10/94 (after the upgrade).  These were
tracked down to a cache problem that made this system think it had more
disk space then was really available.  Therefore, the system was running
out of disk space when trying to add messages.
 
3)  The new version of NEWS, has a problem with the partial messages that
were created by problems #1 and #2.  These problems, which only affect
OCEAN, are characterized by the message "SMG-F-INVCOL, invalid column" and
then NEWS exits.  We are working with DEC to try to correct this problem.
 
MCIS appreciates the patience that the user community has shown throughout
this process.  We also appreciate the help that has been shown in trying to
track down these problems.
 
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                                     Kent Covert, Software Coordinator
                                     Miami Computing and Information Services
                                     Miami University, Oxford, OH
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