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> questions, but I really try to get to all the FAQs/digests/ReadMes
> before I post, and I'm still not satisfied with the answers...
You can always ask us directly at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
> Should I contact PrimeNet from time to time to assure it (her? ;)
> that I'm still whith the GIMPS?
Yes. At least every 59 days, but monthly is better. More often doesn't hurt -
in fact it gives your account report the most accurate snapshot of your
progress.
However, after 60 days without communication with your program PrimeNet will
automatically expire your exponent assignments and give them to someone else.
The Vacation feature in Prime95 and the assignment extension form on the manual
testing page can reserve longer timeouts, if necessary.
> If I should contact PrimeNet, how should I do it?
Just connect to the Internet. The program knows when it needs to contact
PrimeNet and will do so automatically, even in mid-test. The "Send new
completion dates..." feature forces the program to update the server between
automatic updates. In most cases, the default 'start & forget' behavior of the
program works best.
> It seems the last synchronization was on Aug-9, and my exponents
> finished before that day disappeared from my personal account report as
> I supposed correct. But in the cleared exponents report there are a lot
> of results sent to Primenet before Aug-9. My results are not in this
> list, so... Why other results from other accounts remain in it?.
Exponents left on the Cleared Exponents list after a merge were either received
since George Woltman last retrieved PrimeNet's results logs for the GIMPS
'database' file update, or are invalid. Most are either removed in a subsequent
merge or requeued for assignment.
Back to v19 work...
Regards,
scott
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