Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ucbvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!fair From: fair@ucbvax.UUCP (Erik E. Fair) Newsgroups: net.mail.headers Subject: Re: my note on MCI mail Message-ID: <110@ucbvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 19-Feb-84 23:48:16 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.110 Posted: Sun Feb 19 23:48:16 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Feb-84 03:41:13 EST References: <840218222344.582791@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA> Organization: U.C. Berkeley Lines: 14 This is a refutation to the notion that UUCP/USENET will collapse, contained in the conclusion of the referenced news article. In brief: 1. Assume that all UUCP/USENET sites must do computation that is useful to the owners of said site, in addition to the UUCP/USENET traffic that they carry. 2. Given 1., when traffic increases to a point where the `useful' work is not being done, excess traffic will be offloaded or cut off by the owners of the site. 3. Given 2., how & when does UUCP/USENET collapse? Erik E. Fair ucbvax!fair fair@ucb-arpa.ARPA