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From: aaa@mtuni.ATT.COM (Aaron Akman)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Source/binaries on USENET
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Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 11:57:44 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  2 11:57:44 1987
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A few questions on submitting/grabbing source/binaries to/from USENET:

Could someone explain the various encoding programs (uu[en|de]code,
shar, pk[x]arc, and so on) how do they differ, when should you expect
to see which used, where to get them.  I think I know some answers,
but I want to make sure.

Has anyone written a program that looks around for postings of source
and binaries, and sends mail to the user.  It's a pain to
interactively readnews looking for source postings.

What are the rules for posting source/binaries to the net?  Can anyone
post?  Can one post to any newsgroup, or does the newsgroup have to
have the word source (or binaries) in it?  I.e. can I depend on only
having to browse around in those named groups?

Are there any rules for the Subject: line of a posting?  I've noticed
that multi-part source postings seem to have the Part X of Y stuff in
the Subject: line.  Is this guaranteed to be there?

Why do shar files have X's in the first column of every line?
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Aaron, mtuni!aaa, 201-957-2751