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- From: kilroy@acme.gen.nz (earthbound misfit, I)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: Re: beta for installable news ready
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.002721.16555@acme.gen.nz>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 00:27:21 GMT
- References: <9209101522.AA18694@dalek.mwc.com>
- Organization: ACME BBS - Public Access Usenet, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- bob@dalek.mwc.com writes:
-
- > Okay, the beta for an installable news package based on wnews, vn and
- > tass is ready to go.
- >
- > Question: How best to post? The compressed archive is 723343 bytes. I
- > can uuencode and post to this group if no one objects. I can (and will)
- > make it available on mwcbbs, but it will be a BIG download!
-
- I'd advise against posting it here, binaries posted to discussion groups are
- generally not appreciated, especially large ones, and can lead sysadmins to
- remove the offending newsgroup from their feed because of the volume, causing
- problems for people down the line who want to read it. If you did post it,
- you'd find that you'd have to split it into about 20 parts, and then you'd
- spend the next two weeks emailing missing parts to people who didn't
- receive them.
-
- I'd suggest sending it to the FTP site, which lets people get it by FTP and
- email server, and putting it on MWCBBS, which will also place it on the
- preferred BBS sites (eventually).
-
- As this is just a beta, you might want to just send it to raven, so that
- people who can FTP will be able to review it and give you any feedback on
- any necessary bugfixes or changes.
-
- - k
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- Craig Harding kilroy@acme.gen.nz ACME BBS +64 6 3551342
- "Jub'f Xvob?"
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