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- From: "Chris \"Big-Kahuna\" Rampson" <crampson@ford.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Was: SSBootFile Now: Binary newsgroups
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 15:07:39 -0500
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- Mark P Allen wrote:
- >
- > Hi slider,
- >
- > In a message of 10 Feb 96 you wrote to All:
- >
- > s> You do not have to download the whole newsgroup and if you are doing
- > s> thaat at once to read it later then you get what you get..SPAMS often
- > s> jump in there from people just tacking on "YEAH i see that" but i haven't
- > s> read about you jumping up and down about that....Set you newsreader to
- > s> download the headers then pick what you want. Keeps you from paying for
- > s> what you don't want.
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- Why would you post a binary AT ALL? Most of amiga's binaries are
- available via ftp from Aminet, and if you can post - you sure as hell
- can ftp!
-
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