Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!munnari!otc!metro!ipso!runx!clubmac From: clubmac@runx.ips.oz (Macintosh Users Group) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: binaries postings Message-ID: <1254@runx.ips.oz> Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 23:55:36 EST Article-I.D.: runx.1254 Posted: Thu Dec 3 23:55:36 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Dec-87 02:39:51 EST Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare. Sydney, Australia. Lines: 13 Why is everything posted to comp.binaries.mac uncompressed? It would seem reasonable to me that using StuffIt to compress everything would enable more stuff to be posted without increasing the share of the bandwidth. For example, the technotes could be compressed by around 40%. Jason Haines Club Mac Macintosh Users Group, Sydney, Australia Phone Home: +61-2-73-4444 Snail: Box 213, Holme Building, Sydney University, NSW, 2006, Australia ACSnet: clubmac@runx.ips.oz ARPA: clubmac%runx.ips.oz@uunet.css.gov UUCP:{enea,hplabs,mcvax,prlb2,uunet,ubc-vision,ukc}!munnari!runx.ips.oz!clubmac