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From: shap@sfsup.UUCP (J.S.Shapiro)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Claris support (long)
Message-ID: <2739@sfsup.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 88 05:35:25 GMT
References: <315@claris.UUCP> <870124@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Organization: AT&T-IS, Summit N.J. USA
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Summary: ARRGGGHH don't mail binaries!!!!!

In article <870124@hpcilzb.HP.COM>, tedj@hpcilzb.UUCP writes:
> 
> Another idea is to for Claris to solicit people to submit their name
> and e-mail address and form a "potential customer" mailing list.  Then
> Claris can e-mail the BinHex files *directly* to the interested people.
> 
> -Ted


ARRRRGGGGHHHHH! Don't DO THIS!!!!!! THe point about non-commercial
postings is the cost of the phone calls. Mailing things out puts
an incredibly heavy load on the systems surrounding the sender
because of the phone calls and the fact that most mailers are
not smart enough to send one copy to frobozz when you send out fifteen
by way of frobozz.

Anonymous ftp is great. Anonymous uucp (i.e. published and accessable
uucp directories) is also good. So long as the demo doesn't require that
money be sent and has significant utility (i.e. is not merely advertising)
I see no reason not to post it.

Jon