Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Moderating comp.sources.amiga Message-ID: Date: 13 Jun 88 04:07:59 GMT References: <2065@sugar.UUCP> <326@hocpa.UUCP>, <688@flatline.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: <688@flatline.UUCP> > *Excerpts from ext.nn.comp.sys.amiga: 4-Jun-88 Re: Moderating comp.sources..* > *eric townsend@flatline.U (838)* > I can't FTP to anybody if the newsfeed blows up, and I would bet that > a large percentage of the net relies mostly upon newsfeed to get the > sources... > Ha. No machine is FTP'able from any of the public access sites in Houston... What you are saying is basically "If I can't have FTP access from the machine I use, then who cares if anyone else has it too." While I have sympathy for your predicament, whether or not everyone has access to the Internet is not an argument against having the sources/binaries groups distributed from a machine that does have access to the Internet. If you lose part k of an n-part submission, simply post a message asking for someone to mail it to you. Your situation will not change if the archives are moved to a non-internet machine, but it will introduce an inconvenience for many people. --M Michael Portuesi / Information Technology Center / Carnegie Mellon University ARPA/UUCP: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu BITNET: rainwalker@drycas "if you ain't ill it'll fix your car"