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o Administrivia, problems with the archive, and problems with your
submission or subscription go to info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu.
Programs and messages to be included in digests or in the archive go to
info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu.
o If you're on Bitnet, you can also send to info-mac@RICEVM1 if that's easier
for your system.
o We prefer to have submissions mailed to info-mac rather than posted to
comp.sys.mac.digest because often we receive many copies of a single posting
to that Usenet group, or the news software introduces extra headers
which clutter up the digest. The mail is more reliable.
o If you submit a letter or binary and later decide to retract it (or
replace it with another message), you must send a note to info-mac-request.
Do NOT mail to info-mac because we usually read that file in chronological
order and will likely miss your subsequent correction.
o Please keep signatures to a minimum. Long ones are frustrating to those
of us on 1200 baud modem connections! 80 characters is our preferred
limit, although 160 characters are OK if the signature is just-the-facts.
o To send us a binary, first compress and BinHex your file, and then write
a text blurb to be put in the digests announcing your file. Send the text
and the BinHexed file to us as ONE message if at all possible. Remember,
use a compression program to help us save on disk space. To avoid
frustrating our users, please make sure that we have a copy of the
compression program in the archive. Our current favorite is Compact Pro.
Note that text files are not considered binaries and hence do not need
to be binhexed.
o We cannot accept submissions via FTP. You must mail your posting to info-mac.
o Please don't be cute with the (This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)
line. If you change the words, it messes up our automatic software.
o Describe your binary posting accurately, but be CONCISE. More detailed
information belongs in a document attached to your posting. Binaries that
do not include a description will not be accepted in most cases.
o Use version numbers to keep binary updates in order. If you are posting
a minor update to a very large file, consider using the UpdateMaker program
(in /util) to create a small update document instead of making people
download the whole thing over again. However, if the resulting update
file's size is a significant percentage of the size of the original,
say over 25%, please just send a complete new package.
o Choose a name for your binary - the shorter, the better. This name should
be the Subject: of your mailing. If it's not obvious, tell us which
directory you think it should go in. And don't make the subject line
too long; keep it less than 40 characters or so.
o Don't assume a reader is familiar with a binary. Updates still
should contain a short description of what a program does.
o Please post programs only if you feel they are of general benefit to
the Macintosh community. This will help reduce the load on our end.
o Check your binaries for problems before sending them. Make sure that
they are complete and virus-free. Use the latest version of Disinfectant to
check for the known types of infection.
o If possible, specify whether your binary may be included on the
commercially available CD-ROM of the archives.
Thank you for your interest and help.
The Info-Mac Moderators
info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu