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In <C0oxzr.CIA@dcs.ed.ac.uk> arjm@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Andrew Maccormack) writes:

>In the UK a large number of people cannot access US ftp, so c.b.a.st is one of
>our few sources of new pd/shareware software.

	This is the one main argument for the binaries and sources groups,
and I was waiting to see if anyone still was in this situation. While
ftp is definately more efficient, if enough people are using mail
servers, the binaries and source groups are actually more efficient than
mail. However, as people seem to not be submitting things, the only way
it can keep working is if someone takes over the group who actually
wants to go get stuff for distribution. Obviously this needs to be
someone at a well connected site who doesn't pay by the hour for their
access. 
	The other thing about the binaries and sources groups seems to
be the catch 22 of the situation. If people don't see much happening on
the groups, it won't occur to them to send the files to the moderator. I
know there are plenty of people who are getting their feeds though bbs'
that don't have ftp, and limit the mail recieved. The binaries and
sources groups are the only way that these people can get software.

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