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From: umar@tiac.net (Rob Landry)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: What is a "silo overflow"?
Date: 20 Jan 1995 00:48:10 GMT
Organization: The Internet Access Company
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I'm running nn under NetBSD 1.0.  Every once in a while I get a message
that says "silo overflow".  There don't seem to be any measurable consqeuen-
ces of these messages.

What is a "silo overflow"?  Should I be doing anything to prevent or elimi-
nate them?