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From: bill@polygen.uucp (Bill Poitras)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: X386 1.1
Message-ID: <988@redford.UUCP>
Date: 25 Feb 91 18:08:48 GMT
References: <1991Feb11.122353.23083@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <1991Feb14.063004.4923@towers.uucp>
Reply-To: bill@redford.UUCP (Bill Poitras(X258))
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In article <1991Feb14.063004.4923@towers.uucp> robert@towers.uucp (Robert Hoquim) writes:
>>I simple think that over 1MBytes sources might be to big to post it via
>>usnet.
>
>This may be true but alt.sex.pictures manages to burn up 5 or 6 megs some
>days posting X rated Gifs.  If a useless newsgroup like that can waste the
>bandwith I am sure that a post into comp.sources.x by you at release time
>would be welcomed.  

Alt.sex.pictures is (surprising enough :-) an alt newsgroup, it is part
of the altnet.  It is not an official newsgroup.  If you choose not
to get alt.sex.pictures, you can stop getting it.  I can't say that I
would want to get rid of comp.sources.unix to prevent postings of >1MB.
Also, It is a moderated newsgroup.  The moderator would have to package
up the posting and make sure it works, on top of other postings, on top
of his/her job.

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