FastLane Users,

One of our users uploaded a virus-infected file to our new conversion
software.  Our virus software detected it but stopped other files from being
uploaded.  We are working on the problem and hope to have it resolved soon.

--Craig Robinson, NSF

 -----Original Message-----
 From:   Claire L. Carlson [SMTP:xxxxxx@SELWAY.UMT.EDU]
 Sent:   Friday, January 05, 2001 5:15 PM
 To:     xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
 Subject:        Re: FastLane: pdf format NOT necessary

 Sounds like a great idea - but isn't working out that way so far!
We are having problems with this new approach.  It isn't completing the
upload and is timing out on us.  And it won't let us upload files we have
already converted to pdf.

 Claire L. Carlson

 At 04:25 PM 01/05/2001 -0500, you wrote:
 >>>>

 FastLane just implemented this in to production but wants to
monitor it over the weekend.  FastLane will still accept PDF, but will
accept other formats as well (TEX, Word).  They will then do the conversion
on their end.  If all goes well, they will formally announce it on Monday.

 At 03:25 PM 1/5/2001 -0500, you wrote:

 Within the last two hours NSF has eliminated the
need to convert source documents into pdf format for proposal components
submitted via FastLane.

 This does not yet appear in the "Advisories" on the
fastlane home page; the info that pdf conversion is no longer necessary only
appears within the proposal, at the individual interfaces where one begins
the upload process.

 Christopher P. Aubry
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