Date   : Thu, 02 Jun 1988 10:32:48 GMT
From   : mcvax!ukc!warwick!rolf@uunet.uu.net (Rolf Howarth)
Subject: Posting cp/m sources and binaries

In article <2038@copper.TEK.COM> michaelk@copper.UUCP (Michael D. Kersenbrock)
writes:

>PROBLEM:
>======
>     a) People want to post and receive CP/M program source and binaries.
>     b) This if fine for those on the "Usenet" side of this newsgroup.
>     c) This is "forbidden" on the ARPA side of the newsnet gateway.
>     d) Nothing is posted to usenet side to keep the ARPA side happy.
>     e) The ARPA side has ftp access to SIMTEL20, the USENET side does
>        not.
> ...
>SOLUTIONS:
>========
> ...
>    b)  A new USENET group for binaries and sources:
>                   comp.os.cpm.sources
>           (and allow both binaries and sources).
>        This new group would NOT be gatewayed the the ARPA world.

Hear here.

This seems to be far and away the best solution. If sources are
posted to usenet and available from simtel20 on arpa, surely that
should keep everyone happy?  Shutting down the gateway seems rather
drastic and unecessary, as it does operate quite satisfactorily for
discussions.  The suggestion to put a header like "_PROGRAM_" in the
subject field and filter such articles out at the gateway would be
very difficult to enforce.

At the moment I (and doubtless many other Usenetters) have absolutely
no access to CPM programs, which is mildly irritating. Requests by
mail for response from servers such as simtel20 always fail somewhere
along the line.

Will somebody formally propose a new group comp.os.cpm.sources then?
It's not clear whether it would be best to have it moderated or
unmoderated. Perhaps it should be moderated if the volume is likely
to be high, to ensure it gets propagated to Europe. Any volunteers?

(US usenetters complaining that people on Internet mailing lists don't
appreciate they're only part of "the" net note: the same applies to
them - Europe is part of the net too!)

Rolf Howarth,                    Tel:    +44 203 523523 ext.2485
Dept. of Computer Science,       JANET:  rolf@uk.ac.warwick.flame
University of Warwick,           ARPA:   rolf@flame.warwick.ac.uk
Coventry,  CV4 7AL,  England.    UUCP:   {uunet,mcvax}!ukc!warwick!rolf