In article <1995Jul14.163405@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (John C. Schinker) writes: >>> MCIS Technical Support has just corrected this problem by adding a fix to >>> the NNTP newsreader software that uses ACQUIREd temporary space for NetNews- >>> related tmp files. If anyone encounters any unusual NetNews behavior >>> (related to this fix or otherwise), please let us know. Thanks! >> >> Some users reported a problem with this new fix starting at around 12:30PM. >> The system would allow the user into NEWS correctly, but they would receive >> the error message: > > [error messages deleted] > >> This problem was related to the number of people accessing temporary space >> (we hit an all-time high after this change was put in). This problem has >> now been fixed. > > I'm still getting the error message, though I have had no problems in news > with disk quotas (my account is almost empty, though... over 2000 blocks free). Yes. This problem came back this afternoon and then again tonight. I think I hope that I have it fixed permanently this time. The error message doesn't cause any harm other than not allocating the temporary space (the problem we were originally trying to fix). > One other question... If I have temp space already acquired, will exiting from > news delete *that*, too? No. It only allocates (and subsequently deallocates) temporary space if you haven't already acquired it. But, previously allocated space will not receive the benefit of this fix, yet. I may try to correct this over the weekend or on Monday. -- Kent Covert, Software Coordinator Miami Computing and Information Services Miami University, Oxford, OH [log in to unmask]