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From: jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John Bruno)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: new upload to atari.archive
Message-ID: <1990Sep19.191443.2236@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 19 Sep 90 19:14:43 GMT
References: <26516@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <10826@life.ai.mit.edu>
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In article <10826@life.ai.mit.edu> entropy@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (enthalpy) writes:
>[speaking about the /atari/new directory at atari.archive.umich.edu:]
>
>p.s. Why on earth is the directory unreadable?  That's nuts!

Well, I can't speak for the people at atari.archive, but it makes sense to me.
This prevents people from pulling things from the archive before they have 
been tested by people there. I'm sure if someone got a virus from the new
directory they would be screaming at the archive people, even though it's not
at all their fault.  It also prevents people from (accidentally or otherwise)
deleting files from there.  I personally don't think people should announce
that they've posted things there until they have been moved to their
appropriate locations for the above reasons.

Try to remember, "ftp is not a right, but a privilege". They can run it any
way they please.

---jb
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