SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (09/22/87)
Don - I'm never sure whether mail gets through to you; aside from the usual vagaries of UUCP, our MAILER has been most peculiar since the latest attempt at an update 8-( I hope we can solve the problem of large unwanted files by encouraging everyone to post programs to APPLE2-L@BROWNVM.bitnet with a (brief) message to comp.sys.apple (aka info-apple) describing what's been posted. Anyone who wants the files can subscribe to APPLE2-L (if the SUBSCRIBE command is sent to LISTSERV@BROWNVM -- sending requests to APPLE2-L is chancy as it could be DAYS before Chris notices the mis-sent command and has time to manually enter it correctly) OR send separate commands to get files they need. UUCP users CAN subscribe to APPLE2-L and get files as they come in. Getting selected files by command from UUCP nodes is chancier (it depends on whether the "robot" server computes a working reply address). Anyone who can't get the server to respond to requests for individual files AND who hasn't the disk space to subscribe to the list probably can find a friend (on bitnet or elsewhere) who can retrieve occassional files from time to time and pass them along. Perhaps, you could beat some of the enthusiasts to the punch and post some of your more popular software to APPLE2-L yourself (on the theory, that if you've already posted it where it belongs, others will be less inclined to post it where it doesn't)? --------------------- ARPA: sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu Murphy A. Sewall BITNET: SEWALL@UCONNVM School of Business Admin. UUCP: ...ihnp4!psuvax1!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL University of Connecticut