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Re: Ill-effects of a posting greater than 64k

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From: mathew
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1992 12:52
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dan@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Daniel Zabetakis) writes:
>     I think the consensus is that as faster and better connections become
> more common, the problem caused by big articles diminishes. I have seen MB
> articles posted to alt that did not attract flames.

Probably because they were posted to alt groups that nobody in UUCP-land gets
-- like the alt.binaries.pictures hierarchy, for instance.


mathew
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From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew)
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Subject: Re: Ill-effects of a posting greater than 64k
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Date: 23 Sep 92 12:52:52 GMT
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