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Re: PROCOMM version 2.4.2 documentation

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From: Stephen J. Muir
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 17:20
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In article <648@comp.lancs.ac.uk> I wrote:
>-rw-r--r--  1 news       191877 Nov 13 15:38 /usr/spool/news/net/sources/2600
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>Don't *ever* post a single article this size again.  ...

It seems I have been misunderstood.  I am not against this quantity of news
coming my way, but I *am* against this amount *in a single article*.  It should
have been split up into small enough pieces so that unreliable links (not mine)
don't have to pay for several abortive attempts to copy it all at once.
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From: stephen@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Stephen J. Muir)
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Subject: Re: PROCOMM version 2.4.2 documentation
Message-ID: <652@comp.lancs.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 18-Nov-86 12:20:46 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 18 12:20:46 1986
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