Xref: utzoo comp.windows.x:13538 comp.graphics:7537 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf.edu!root From: root@cca.ucsf.edu (Systems Staff) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.graphics Subject: Re: Can anybody mail me X? Summary: Is this a joke? Keywords: X, mail Message-ID: <2390@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> Date: 19 Sep 89 01:37:37 GMT References: <128cs-suna@massey.ac.nz> Organization: Computer Center, UCSF Lines: 33 In article <128cs-suna@massey.ac.nz>, C.Eagle@massey.ac.nz (Colin Eagle) writes: > > I would like to get hold of a full version of X to try. As we don't > yet have ftp access, I would like to find some kind person prepared > to mail it to me. If you have a copy of X11 release 2 or 3 which you > could mail me, could you please let me know (by mail!). > > I will wait for about a week to find the nearest replying site, and > ask them for a copy. > Are you suggesting (as you seem to be) that someone should e-mail you the X11 distribution? That's a joke, right? The core source is over 12 megabytes and the contributed sources run over 25 megabytes in the X11 release 3 distribution. That's compressed. Now if you want to arrange postal transmission of tapes you should have stated what formats you can use. Thos Sumner Internet: thos@cca.ucsf.edu (The I.G.) UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf!thos BITNET: thos@ucsfcca U.S. Mail: Thos Sumner, Computer Center, Rm U-76, UCSF San Francisco, CA 94143-0704 USA I hear nothing in life is certain but death and taxes -- and they're working on death. #include