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Re: How to use "Public Folder"

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From: Reid Ellis
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1991 06:43
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Pomona Anupol Valero <pv0b+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
|Personally, I didn't like using Public Folder, you then get more than
|one copy of a file and then have more than one person working on it.
|It gets pretty confusing to know which or who's got the current file.

Robin Goldstone <rgoldstone@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU> writes:
|Personally, I think Public Folder is a great tool.  Rather than
|sending a file to 'n' people as a mail enclosure, which results in
|'n' copies of the file being created, I just send a mail message
|saying that the file is available in my Public Folder.  Anyone who
|wants it can get a copy.  P.F.  works great and is one of the basic
|tools used by all of our Mac users.

Personally, I prefer File Sharing under System 7.  Public Folder is
nice, but it has one drawback -- it doesn't work with System 7.0b1 or
b4.  Fortunately, you can use File Sharing instead!  And as an extra
bonus, there's only one copy of the file..

					Reid
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Subject: Re: How to use "Public Folder"
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