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From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews)
To: executor@nacm.com
Subject: Please *do not* post large files to this list
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Hi,
Normally when someone posts a large file to this list I send private
e-mail explaining that many people pay for their e-mail and the larger
the file, the more they have to pay. My reasoning is that almost all
of the readership of this group knows this facet of etiquette, and
there's no point closing the barn door after the horse had run away.
However, since in a fairly short time we've had three such posts,
people might be getting the idea that encoding binaries and then
posting them is a good idea. It's not. If you have a large file
you'd like to share with others, feel free to mention it on this list,
and if it's already available via anonymous ftp, give a pointer to its
location in your post.
If the file is not already available via anonymous ftp, and you don't
have the facilities to do so, see what kind of reaction your
announcement gets. If only a few people ask for the file, just e-mail
it to them separately. If you're inundated, get back to one of us
over here and we'll see about making it available via anonymous ftp
