Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!mcdchg!chinet!laird
From: laird@chinet.chi.il.us (Laird J. Heal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: New Binary Distribution Method
Summary: FAQs attacks
Message-ID: <1990Oct18.104853.419@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 18 Oct 90 10:48:53 GMT
References: <12240004@hpfcmgw.HP.COM>
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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[folks, this is one for the FAQs]
 
In article <12240004@hpfcmgw.HP.COM> davea@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Dave Arns) writes:
>This message was originally to Roger Long, who I believe is the moderator for
>comp.binaries.mac, but my e-mail attempts apparently didn't get through.
>Perhaps it would be better as an open letter, though; more people would be
>able to comment on whether or not this is a good idea.
 
>Net.everyone: What do you think?
 
Poor Roger! that he should have to deal with such.  Even this is not appropriate
for your posting - rather, just read for a while!  Every couple of weeks archive
sites get mentioned.
 
I mean to chide, but since I like typing, I'll respond.
 
>Sometimes I need a particular program after it has been removed from the
>postings or I get two copies of Part 2 and no copies of Part 3.
 
>What do you think of this proposal:
 
>    o Set up an e-mail auto-respond program such that people could just mail
>      an electronic request to a particular address; the e-mail messages would
>      contain special text strings that identify available programs.
 
There are some sites which archive comp.binaries.mac - maybe next year I'll do
so too.
 
Whenever I need a file I use LISTSERV@ricevm1.rice.edu.  If I happen to be near
my ftp account I chase down sumex instead.  These are most but not all of what
has been posted to comp.binaries.mac; uunet at least archives news.
>      
>    o Every week or so, post a message to comp.sys.mac.misc that gives a list
>      of all the binaries that are available, a brief description, and the
>      identifier string that will be checked by the script in the auto-
>      responder.  New additions could be listed first.
 
echo "help"|mail listserv@ricevm1.rice.edu
 
for a list of how they have implemented the above.  Come to think of it, there
is another shadow of sumex at wuarchive.  I noticed it last week because my
brother administers a NeXT which has wuarchive nfs-mounted, the lucky dog.
 
>What do you think?  Would it work?
 
Poor Roger!  The kind of things to suggest to him are:  what format the files
should have (either self-extracting or Stuffit 1.5.1) and could responses get
mailed suggesting when submittals will be distributed?  Don't bother him with
the need to put a few gigabyte-sized disks online somewhere.
 

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