-=> Quoting Will Thompson to Greg Paksi <=-
 GP> BTW, isn't it against `FIDO' rules to send binary programs Encoded
 GP> through the network?  
          
 WT> Hmmm....I'd have to re-read the rules.  I got it that way, and others
 WT> sent & received.  If it was sent PGP encoded, I think that's wrong
 WT> but a plain uuencoded that anybody could decode isn't really a
 WT> "private" message.  If I'm wrong, somebody'll let me know!
    Hi Will,
    While transfer of UU or script files is not universally 
prohibited by FIDO rules, most of the FIDO echos, including this 
one, do prohibit them in their echos.  The Telemate echo rules 
specifically address this issue.
    There are a number of reasons for this, but the main reasons 
are as follows;
    UU and other types of encoding render a message to a file, and 
the echo is not a file echo, it is for messages only.
    Encoding is usually of benefit to one user, therefore sending 
lengthy encoded files world wide is a huge waste that the intended 
recipient could easily avoid by picking up the file in his local 
area.
    Virus code has been known to be embedded in encoded echo 
messages....
hope that helps.
Kerry Pierce, Moderator, International Telemate Echo, FIDOnet
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