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Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Path: oz.cdrom.com!agate!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!news
From: vanes002@maroon.tc.umn.edu (The Resource Guide Editor)
Subject: ()======== Restrictions on posting binary files =========()
Message-ID: <Cvn396.CyJ@news.cis.umn.edu>
Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration)
Nntp-Posting-Host: maroon1.tc.umn.edu
Reply-To: vanes002@maroon.tc.umn.edu (John Van Essen)
Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 04:22:40 GMT
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()======== Restrictions on posting binary files =========()
The alt.games.doom newsgroup is first and foremost a DISCUSSION forum.
The vast majority of users can retrieve binaries through ftp or ftpmail
servers and don't need binaries to be posted here. A single uuencoded
binary easily takes up as much space as 20 or more discussion articles.
Many sites have to support netnews with limited resources and can't
afford to carry the binaries groups; these sites shouldn't have to cut
themselves off from the information here or expire this group at a
greater rate just because a few people don't have FTP access.
Also, bear in mind that there are people with serial links or who PAY
per minute or per kilobyte. They suffer when large posts appear here.
The alt.binaries.doom newsgroup is available for posting large binaries.
If your news server carries the alt.games.doom newsgroup, but does not
carry alt.binaries.doom, send a polite request to the news administrator
to carry the group. They are much more likely to carry groups that have
demand (readers) - so make your wishes known.
Unfortunately, some news servers won't carry alt.binaries.doom due to
the large amount of disk space required - a fate WE would like to avoid!
An alternative newsgroup for posting binaries is alt.binaries.misc,
which probably gets wider distribution than alt.binaries.doom.
Here are the guidelines for posting binaries to alt.games.doom:
[1] NO HUMUNGOUS POSTINGS - If the uuencoded file (or the sum of the
pieces) is more than 60K, do not even THINK of posting it to a
discussion newsgroup! Post it to alt.binaries.doom, or some
other binaries group, and then announce it in alt.games.doom.
[2] NO LARGE POSTINGS - If the uuencoded file is between 30 and 60K,
think twice before posting - is it REALLY worthwhile?
[3] ZIP BINARIES BEFORE UUENCODING - Use PKZIP v2.04g. It is available
by FTP from oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/zip/pkz204g.exe. The R.E.M
UUENCODE/UUDECODE v5.25 is /pub/msdos/decode/uuexe525.exe.
[4] CROSS-POST TO ALT.BINARIES.DOOM - That's where it belongs, anyway.
Thank you for your co-operation.