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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
- and its mirrors.
-
- Thanks.
-
- --Cliff
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