On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:40:55 -0400 (EDT) 
 Lord Isildur <isildur@guild.net> wrote:

 > what problems were there in the past? and when did the problems go away? 

to be honest, I have no idea what the problems were.  Chris Demetriou
might be able to answer this, as he was likely the one who wrote the
warning in the first place...

In any case, when I tried it ... 2 years ago?  it worked fine.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>