RE: Can I send attachments to the list?

At 07:55 AM 9/20/96 +0000, you wrote:
>Date sent:  20-SEP-1996 08:52:56 
>
>>>So no, I'm not too keen on file attachments to the list.
>
>>Adam, I'd go one step further and say NO attachments on the list. It's
>>against "netiquette" to post binary attachments to non-binary
newsgroups; I
>>think the same courtesy should apply here.
>
>>Allan
>
>OK. For those of you who didn't understand my previous message, if
anyone
>sends binaries to the list, I'll kick you off it.
>
>
     So--he said, realizing he wouldn't make himself look any
smarter--what's a binary? And what do they do that's so bad?

     James
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