This directory is used by the ITS mailing system; that is, the QMAIL and Satellite programs. Please DO NOT EVER delete any file from this directory; also, the programs therein should not be modified without first consulting BUG-MAIL. If GC'ing must be done on program files, do not delete either the most recent or most ancient file (which is usually around for a reason). Under some circumstances, BURNUP dumps can gobble up gross amounts of space. In this situation, flushing intermediate dumps (never first or last) is OK. The files with particular automated functions are: ID 69 creation date indicates when current STATS file began. FROM INQUIR creation date indicates when current INQUIR file written. LOCK UNIQUE page shared by all comsats for lock-switch functions LIST MASTER master message list LIST QUEUE queue information file LIST REMIND reminders list file LIST EQVS equivalence table data "compiled" from NAMES LISTS MSGS holds text of messages in queue. BURNUP binary dumps of satellites that detect fatal errors. COMSAT the binary actually loaded and run. MAIL input to the satellite. NAMES the ASCII form of the equivalence tables. STATS statistics and running commentary kept by the satellite. there also exist parallel sets for experimental versions: XLOCK XQUEUE XREF XMAIL XNAMES XSTATS etc.