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From: jef@well.sf.ca.us (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: alt.sources.d,alt.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Anonymous FTP list - who archives alt.sources?
Message-ID: <18998@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 12 Jul 90 21:16:37 GMT
References: <44M4Z72@xds13.ferranti.com>
Reply-To: Jef Poskanzer <jef@well.sf.ca.us>
Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal
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In the referenced message, peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) wrote:
}Perhaps if people were more careful about their postings there would be
}a few real archives out there.

The one inactive archive I found, of compressed article files (e.g. 881.Z,
882.Z, 883.Z) would have been perfectly acceptable if there had been an
index.  And an index could be as simple as a filename - subject list.
In other words, "Wrong."
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Jef

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