On Wed, 20 Oct 1993 08:51:09 CDT Marty Hoag said: > In my humble opinion EVERY list should have Files= No coded unless >there is a really good reason to do otherwise (in other words, unless >it is used for local or BITNET file distribution). > > Very few lists are pure BITNET any more and trying to send files to >them just doesn't make sense any longer. Actually......there is a RFC to make the sendfile (in VM/CMS terms) functions available over the internet (Rick Troth at Rice is one of the big proponents of it). The discussion list that deals with unsolisited file transferrs is SIFT-L@Ricemvm1 (.rice.edu). >In fact, I think it would be best to have the default Files= No . I totally agree. ----------------------------------------------------- Chris Barnes | President - Bryan/College Station [log in to unmask] | Retriever Club (409) 846-3273 (home) | "Dedicated to the betterment of (409) 845-8300 (work) | the retrieving breeds"