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From: karsh@nicmad.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Egad!!  Its done!!
Message-ID: <1339@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Nov-86 13:31:22 EST
Article-I.D.: nicmad.1339
Posted: Fri Nov 28 13:31:22 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Nov-86 20:31:40 EST
References: <2117@well.UUCP> <66@uw-atm.UUCP>
Reply-To: karsh@nicmad.UUCP (Bruce Karsh)
Organization: Nicolet Instrument Corp. Madison WI
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In article <2117@well.UUCP>, crunch@well.UUCP (John Draper) writes:
> ... The WELL will get all 20
> of the Source modules and Usenet will get them if the sites won't
> object because of the large volume of text.
> ...   And Cm on,  UseNet folks please inform me if it's OK to post
> the Source???   Remember,  it's 20 modules of Source code.

  It doesn't really matter how many modules of source code you post.
What matters is how many kilobytes you post.

  Traditionally on Usenet, the various modules of source are
combined together into a "shar file".  (SHell ARchive file).
Lots of versions of shar have already been posted.  You can
probably get a copy from the mod.sources moderator.

  It is a good idea to limit the size of the individual shar files
to about 60k bytes or less.  Then rather than posting all the shar
files at once, post one per day.  In this way, you reduce the
"instantaneous load" that your posting puts on the net.

  I suspect that if Egad! is posted as twenty seperate parts
in one day, there will be lots of flames.  If it is posted as
two or three shar files over two or three days, the number of
flames will be significantly reduced.

                       Bruce Karsh
                       {ihnp4,uwvax}!nicmad!karsh