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- From: aTmosh@amiga.ow.nl (Thomas Tavoly)
- Subject: Re: SSBootFile - ssboot~1.lha (09/26):FIX yer reader mr PAYING for IT
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- References: <19960211.574770.1008E@al051.du.pipex.com> <4fpi06$5vm@ccnet2.ccnet.com>
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- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 96 01:40:40 MET
- Organization: Wait a minute, maybe I can find where I wrote that down..
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- In article <4fpi06$5vm@ccnet2.ccnet.com> slider@ccnet.com writes:
-
- > For those of you running private UUCP nodes just set your reader to
- > avoid any posts over 200 lines and that will prevent a ton of binaries
- > from having to be downloaded.
-
- This doesn't work if you receive compressed batched news. As I do. And many
- others.
-
- > Alas what is the advantage of running
- > a private UUCP node other than to make yourself completely anonymous
- > when you want to?
-
- What software or protocols someone uses is up to him or her, but since you
- asked: it's faster and cheaper than other ways, for me at least. The point
- is: unwanted binary postings downgrade that purpose.
-
- > Care to explain that one when all of you connect to
- > the NET through some sort of ISP which provides a news and mail server
- > you can use a header reader on.
-
- I would have to change my setup for that. I am not inclined to just because
- pressured by others.
-
- > Hell the replies alone of people badgering this guy who made a mistake probably
- > went over the total size of his accidental binary post! Figure that one into your
- > download costs.........
-
- I hardly think so. I post a megabyte maybe in six months. Not in a single
- run. So it was a mistake and he apologized. Fine. But this happens over and
- over again. I have never accidentally posted a binary since 1989 (that's
- when I got access to Internet), I just wish others were as careful.
-
- > And if you are so damn knowledgeable why is it the BBS I coSYSOP can run a
- > seperate UUCP node set to avoid messages (hell you can avoid on header, searching
- > for 01/?? or 00/?? strings) Wake up!!! You profess way more than you really know...
- > .What are you using? THOR?
-
- Just take my word for it, unless special software runs on the server the
- UUCP node can't pick out arbitrary articles from _compressed_ _batched_
- packets. Usenet is not FIDO. I use AmigaUUCP BTW.
-
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