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Subject:Re: How do You use the WWW? From:"David L. Bergart" <bodafu -at- CCVAX -dot- SINICA -dot- EDU -dot- TW> Date:Wed, 3 Aug 1994 16:42:28 +0008
Hobbes commented:
>One problem here is that you'd need to notify people who'd pulled the
>previous version, which is fairly easy with print docs and CDs because
>you have to have a list of people & addresses in order to do the
>initial shipment.
>With WWW, you don't automatically know who's accessing your documentation,
It is possible, on sockets-based systems (Unix, Windows sockets, and...?), to
determine the Internet host that has connected to your server (have you ever
noticed that many FTP sites log your ID?) The server could log the IDs
and the requested documents, and then send automatic notices whenever a
particular doc is updated. No muss, no fuss--let the machines sweat the small
stuff.
David
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