Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!slxsys!ibmpcug!mantis!mathew From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn Subject: Re: uuencoded binaries Message-ID: Date: 9 Jan 91 16:07:47 GMT References: Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. Lines: 37 patrick@sideways.gen.nz (Pat Cain) writes: > Today I received several identical (automatic?) messages > from mathew@mantis.co.uk. Not automatic. > Rather than be charged for replying via e-mail I would like to > bring the subject up in this group again -- Who (apart from > Mathew) objects to posting of uuencoded files? Oh, that's cute. You're unwilling to pay to reply to mail *you* don't want, but you still think we should pay for binaries *we* don't want! :-) > From the mail message header Mathew is using a PC or Unix box > running Waffle UUCP software to get a feed from the ibmpcug > site. So perhaps he objects to long postings because he is > paying on a per-minute basis for the telephone call? Yup. The half-a-megabyte one before Christmas was the proverbial straw which broke the proverbial camel's proverbial back. Proverbially. > Presuming I have guessed right, I think the majority of people > would prefer it if binary postings continue. I think otherwise. Why don't you post to news.groups and say "I'd like to post binaries to a discussion group -- does anybody care?", and we'll see if you get any replies. Hehehe. > Does anyone have any suggestions? Perhaps someone (Mathew?) > could put out a CFD on comp.binaries.acorn? I'll do a CFD if you want, just to get rid of the bloody binaries. I'll even write the CFV. I won't run the vote, however, for reasons which should (I hope) be obvious. mathew.