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From: iphwk%MTSUNIX1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Bill Kinnersley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re:VirusX 1.6
Message-ID: <3817@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 25 Aug 88 01:39:29 GMT
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[In "Re:VirusX 1.6", Dan Sneakers Schein said:]
:
: In Message <26700014@urbsdc>, jwilson@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM writes:
:
: >Please, DON'T post important things like this to comp.binaries.amiga.  My
: >system is no longer getting any binary groups (too much expensive bandwidth).
:
:  I really don't know the % of UseNet readers who get all 5 Amiga groups vs
:  those who only receive the 2 message (text) groups.

Those of us on Bitnet get only comp.sys.amiga.  If louie.UDEL.EDU could be
persuaded to carry the other groups, that would be marvelous, but they're
already doing us a fine public service.

Dan, I spent a year receiving comp.sys.amiga long distance at $10/hour,
so I understand your desire to minimize the cost.  It's clear that the
people on Usenet represent a wide range of interests and expertise, and
the percentage of postings that any one person finds interesting may run
low.  But still the reasons we're here and not off on some BBS are the
same: (a) timeliness and (b) efficiency.

Naturally, long sources and binaries belong elsewhere, but I hope that
short relevant programs are still acceptable here.

I would not want to see a guideline that would exclude postings like the
"Undelete" program that came from you last month.  That was almost 300
lines of uuencode, but if it hadn't been posted here, many people including
myself would still not have access to it.

--

Bill Kinnersley
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