Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!bcsaic!paula From: paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: makepost Message-ID: <15538@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: 5 Oct 89 19:16:24 GMT References: <3493@ast.cs.vu.nl> Reply-To: paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen) Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle Lines: 19 In article <3493@ast.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: > [ about posting 1.4b as uuencoded compressed shars ] >My hope is that this will minimize work for everyone, be acceptable to >bitnet, and minimize network bandwidth. I was about to write something about how terrible it is to post uuencoded compressed stuff, but then I re-read Andy's article and noticed the bit about 'being acceptable to bitnet'. I suppose I could put up with the evil of uuencoded postings if it means our unfortunate friends on bitnet will have access to 1.4b. Is there any way that the 1.4b stuff can go out to the mainstream Usenet in clear-text and get uuencoded by the bitnet gateway? Paul Allen -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul L. Allen | pallen@atc.boeing.com Boeing Advanced Technology Center | ...!uw-beaver!bcsaic!pallen