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From: fair@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Erik E. Fair)
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Subject: Re: News Feeds via Node Hop
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Date: Mon, 11-May-87 21:21:46 EDT
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In article <5327@auspyr.UUCP> joe@auspyr.UUCP (Joe Angelo) writes:
>The idea was *not to use* mail ...
>Instead, to send batched, compressed articles. 
>
>Who wants a C/D/X. file for every article??  Not I.

Joe, RTFM.

You can send batches with sendnews and uurec, it works just fine.
Sendnews is written to generate the appropriate batch format for uurec
to eat and process, which will also transit the mail system untouched.
The only limitation is that you can't send *compressed* batches,
because the mail system does not guarantee 8 bit integrity. The point
of the mechanism is to accomplish exactly what was asked for, i.e.
getting news through a site without forcing them to participate in the
USENET.

	Erik E. Fair	ucbvax!fair	fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu