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. -- Kent Covert, Software Coordinator Miami Computing and Information Services Miami University, Oxford, OH [log in to unmask] (internet) kacovert@miavx1 (bitnet)