Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!warwick!rolf From: rolf@warwick.UUCP (Rolf Howarth) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Re: Posting cp/m sources and binaries Message-ID: <689@ubu.warwick.UUCP> Date: 2 Jun 88 10:32:48 GMT References: <111@lakart.UUCP> <1672@sigma.UUCP> <2038@copper.TEK.COM> Sender: news@warwick.UUCP Reply-To: rolf@flame.warwick.ac.uk (Rolf Howarth) Organization: Computer Science, Warwick University, UK Lines: 50 In article <2038@copper.TEK.COM> michaelk@copper.UUCP (Michael D. Kersenbrock) writes: >PROBLEM: >======= > a) People want to post and receive CP/M program source and binaries. > b) This if fine for those on the "Usenet" side of this newsgroup. > c) This is "forbidden" on the ARPA side of the newsnet gateway. > d) Nothing is posted to usenet side to keep the ARPA side happy. > e) The ARPA side has ftp access to SIMTEL20, the USENET side does > not. > ... >SOLUTIONS: >========= > ... > b) A new USENET group for binaries and sources: > comp.os.cpm.sources > (and allow both binaries and sources). > This new group would NOT be gatewayed the the ARPA world. Hear here. This seems to be far and away the best solution. If sources are posted to usenet and available from simtel20 on arpa, surely that should keep everyone happy? Shutting down the gateway seems rather drastic and unecessary, as it does operate quite satisfactorily for discussions. The suggestion to put a header like "_PROGRAM_" in the subject field and filter such articles out at the gateway would be very difficult to enforce. At the moment I (and doubtless many other Usenetters) have absolutely no access to CPM programs, which is mildly irritating. Requests by mail for response from servers such as simtel20 always fail somewhere along the line. Will somebody formally propose a new group comp.os.cpm.sources then? It's not clear whether it would be best to have it moderated or unmoderated. Perhaps it should be moderated if the volume is likely to be high, to ensure it gets propagated to Europe. Any volunteers? (US usenetters complaining that people on Internet mailing lists don't appreciate they're only part of "the" net note: the same applies to them - Europe is part of the net too!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rolf Howarth, Tel: +44 203 523523 ext.2485 Dept. of Computer Science, JANET: rolf@uk.ac.warwick.flame University of Warwick, ARPA: rolf@flame.warwick.ac.uk Coventry, CV4 7AL, England. UUCP: {uunet,mcvax}!ukc!warwick!rolf -------------------------------------------------------------------------