Xref: utzoo alt.folklore.computers:10675 comp.misc:11965 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 4 of 19 Message-ID: Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <1ZsDxg#9O5HWP2XZR7Z07gXlz3DwJvC=eric@snark.thyrsus.com> <3586@polari.UUCP> <3459@unisoft.UUCP> <1991Apr3.072510.15985@vicstoy.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 91 18:07:07 GMT In article <1991Apr3.072510.15985@vicstoy.UUCP> jellis@vicstoy.UUCP (Jacob Ellis) writes: > Example: email BITFTP@PUCC.Princeton.edu with the word HELP as the > first line of the message. That should be enough to get you started. So, the question becomes whether the people getting the jargon file through BITFTP would put a bigger load on the network (primarily expesive long-distance phone calls... and even more so international ones) than posting it to the net. This is the classic mailing list versus newsgroup dilemma, and requires a judgement call. Religious flames over judgement calls are contraindicated. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"