Xref: utzoo alt.sources.d:620 comp.sources.d:5565 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!daver!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d,comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Unnecessary tar-compress-uuencodes Message-ID: <2699D0DD.C55@tct.uucp> Date: 10 Jul 90 12:58:04 GMT References: <15652@bfmny0.BFM.COM> <3114@psueea.UUCP> Organization: ComDev/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 14 According to kirkenda@eecs.UUCP (Steve Kirkendall): >So sites with compressed newsfeeds don't care a whole lot, but those with >uncompressed feeds DO care. If anyone is insane enough to run an uncompressed newsfeed, then he deserves what he gets. >Any sites with little free disk space also benefit from the >compression. Sites with little disk space shouldn't be receiving the sources groups. -- Chip Salzenberg at ComDev/TCT ,