NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/misc/16107

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Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!ldo
From: [e-mail] (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Default App posting on c.b.m
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 7 Sep 92 17:26:03 +1200
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Today I was pleased to see that my Default Application utility, version 1.0d5,
has finally appeared on comp.binaries.mac. I UnBinHexed the archive, just out
of curiosity, and was rather surprised to discover that it was a StuffIt 1.5.1
archive.

I'm a registered owner of StuffIt Deluxe. All the stuff I post on the net
is exclusively in StuffIt Deluxe format. So somebody had obviously taken it
upon themselves to create a new archive, instead of using the one I posted.

Now the question is: why? Did I contravene some official newsgroup policy
with my original archive? Are StuffIt Deluxe archives not acceptable? Why
wasn't I told?

As it was, I now have the situation that a posting has appeared on a USENET
newsgroup, under my name, of which I am not actually the author. If there is
any problem with that archive not being readable, or perhaps if a file had
been missed, I am the one who's going to get hassled about it.

I don't like this situation. We have enough problems with viruses and Trojan
horses and things, without more people putting their hands in, adding extra
steps on the way from getting a set of files from me to you.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: [phone]
Computer Services Dept                     fax: [phone]
University of Waikato            electric mail: [e-mail]
Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+12:00