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From: moore@NCSC.ARPA (Moore)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Volume of net traffic
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Date: Wed, 15-Oct-86 08:15:30 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 15 08:15:30 1986
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I *HAVEN'T* had enough!  While I agree that some convention should be estab-
lished so that a person could tell by the Subject field if the message contains
source or UUENCODED executable, I signed up to this news group because it does
have such a large volume of information.  Maybe people who develop software
should just place an announcement on the net, and then collect a list of those
who respond, and mail just to them.  I don't think so:  personally, I very much
enjoy getting the quality of software displayed recently by ARC, ARCSHELL,
UNITERM, and UEMACS for **Free** and without the hassle of mailing disks to
someone to get a copy.

And isn't one of the reasons the news group exists in the first place to teach
new users about the capabilities of the machine?  If so, you can surely expect
some redundancy in message topics, since new folk are added to the list con-
stantly (I imagine).

So, to all those people who have been taking the time to develop, encode, and
mail programs to the net, thank you very much.  If something comes up again and
it's decided that no source or encoded material will be allowed, please go ahead
and put my address on your own mailing list:  I want the *opportunity* to decide
whether I want a copy or not.


Jim Moore
Naval Coastal Systems Center
Panama City, FL
(moore@ncsc.arpa)

P.S.  Send any and all sparks to rick@ncsc, 'cause he don't get no mail.