davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (07/13/90)
Guide to Submissions to c.b.i.p.
Bill Davidsen, revised 7/11/90
Object
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The object of this document is to save submitters and me time
processing their submissions to c.b.i.p.
Scope
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The preferred and accepted methods of submitting to c.b.i.p. are
described. General guidelines for content and handling are given.
Preferred Format
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The best format for a submission is as a uuencoded zoo archive,
mailed to ibmbin@crdgw1.crd.ge.com with a clear description of what the
program does. If the encoded file is >50k (or so), it may have to be
broken into parts for mailing safty. In that case please generate a
subject line which looks like this:
myprog (01/07) run Amiga progs on PC
This means that when my mail reader shows me the first 40 characters of
the subject I know what it is, and the reader will sort the parts back
into order if they get shuffled by the mailers.
Other formats
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I can handle zip, arc, and lharc archives with minimal pain, and have
processed multipart shar files of binaries produced by the shar2 and
shar3 programs.
Please *AVOID* self unpacking executables, since I can't virus check
them before unpacking. This means I have to have a system with a hard
disk totally backed up and ready for a low level format if needed. This
means I don't process these too often, and if I get a virus that blows a
few hours while I recover.
Please avoid encoding with a "better" encoder, I have automated
programs to check and unpack stuff in the expected format.
What not to Send
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Don't send GIF pictures (I collect them but don't post them),
commercial software, old out of data versions, etc. If you wouldn't pay
to download it from a BBS, most people will not want to pay to send it
around the world.
Order of Processing
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In general first come first served. Submissions which require a lot
of extra work (self unpacking archives, for example) may be procesed
slowly. Things like virus checkers and recovery programs have time
value and may be posted as soon as I get them. If I request someone
send me a program that program will go into the queue as if it arrived
when I asked for it. This is courtesy to the people who package stuff
for us.
Submissions mailed to me at any of my personal addresses may be
delayed, since I have to forward them. They have been known to be lost,
although not deliberately.
Questions
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Send to ibmbin-request@crdgw1.crd.ge.com is you want to know if I have
something, if you want to hold up something in the queue for an update,
etc.
Reposts
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I can't mail copies of posting to everybody. If you need an article
post to c.b.i.p.d and if I have time I'll get back to you.
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Submissions: ibmbin@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (uunet!crdgw1!ibmbin)
Questions and comments:
ibmbin-request@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (uunet!crdgw1!ibmbin-request)
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bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me