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From: bruceh@mentor.com (Bruce Holm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: comp.mac.binaries (Info-Mac alternative?)
Message-ID: <1990Jan4.175242.10434@mentor.com>
Date: 4 Jan 90 17:52:42 GMT
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From article <1032@crash.cts.com>, by alen@crash.cts.com (Alen Shapiro):
> In article <126900136@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>>
>>I agree.  Commercial demos should not appear in comp.binaries.mac.
>>They might just go to the SUMEX archives.  However, some people cannot
>>access the SUMEX archives.  These people will bitch like crazy.
> 
> My vote too - if it says demo on it I hit the Junk key. I wonder
> if Info-Mac archives are a good place to get this stuff and a posting
> made to comp.sys.mac detailing items that are available.
> 
> Beware though, I cannot get Info-Mac to mail me articles that are > 100k
> due to uucp mail restrictions. Can Info-Mac be made to split a mailing
> using LISTSERV?
> 
> There is also a daily 250k limit on requests served but I'll wait
> a day for something I want, especially if it would grease
> comp.mac.binaries

What's the big deal?  Why are you against getting demos?  I welcome
any and all s/w that people are willing to give out.  I can always 
trash it later if its junk, costs too much, or I don't need it.  I
can always choose not to download it in the first place if it looks 
uninteresting.

If you have a hard time dealing with demos clogging comp.binaries.mac,
then maybe its time for comp.binaries.mac.demos group to be created.
Then you can unsubscribe to this group and we all can be happy. 8)

--Bruce

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