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From: werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Don't use PackitIII
Message-ID: <3994@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 17-Sep-86 01:23:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.3994
Posted: Wed Sep 17 01:23:30 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 17-Sep-86 06:08:12 EDT
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Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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Keywords: packit binhex compression shareware
Summary: better advice: pay for PackIt-II and use it


> To sum up: if you wanna post binaries,
>         1) BinHex them, and then
>         2) If your application needs several files, run them through PackIt
>            *without* compression or encryption for your convenience in
>            uploading and the convenience of others in downloading.
 
as others have pointed out already, there is PD-program which unpacks compressed
(but not encrypted) files created with PackIt-II and III.

so, if you can get yourself to pay the ShareWare-cost (sooner or later),
it seems most desirable to

	1) use PackIt-2/3 to compress single or multiple files
	2) binhex the resulting compressed file.

your postings will be about 20% smaller and save the net money.