Date   : Tue, 12 Feb 1991 11:27:00 EDT
From   : Is PShirley getting married bare-footed? <JSHIN%HAMPVMS.BITNET@YALEVM.YCC.Yale.Edu>
Subject: Long messages and source codes...

Hi!

Could we refrain from posting source codes and really long messages on
the list?

Here is a reason:
For those of us who subscribe to Info-cpm via BITNET, the messages get
"compiled" into a digest every day. That is, instead of many messages
trickling in, we get "chunks" of messages ALL AT ONCE, sorted by alphabet.
That is, if you send a 8K message with a subject that begins with "A,"
we can't get to the next message until about a minute of scrolling later.

Which brings to the next reason:
Many of us are "poor amateurs" making do with whatever we come across.
I.E., we often don't have a 9600 baud modem hooked up at work via
dedicated lines... Until few days ago I was using a 300 baud modem,
but even at 1200 or 9600, for that matter, scrolling through message
you don't want to get to something with a VERY interesting topic
(often beginning with Z-...) is not that fun.

Do this instead:
direct your messages to people who requested it (try not to use
"reply" features of your mailer) or post a "notice" saying what
is available and how to contact you.

Thanks!!!   :-)

    -John

P.S. This is generally not a problem as compared to, say, info-IBMPC,
or games-L where lots of endless discussions take place every day. I
am not the most networkically responsible person, but here's my
penny's worth.

P.P.S. This is a long message, too, but it seemed "general" enough. If you
disagree, you know where to get me: NOT info-cpm, but JSHIN@HAMPVMS.bitnet