You can also grave files from the commodore telnet to sbbs.dynu.net on port
6025. Since it’s all text format it’s safe to use.

On 10:39 06/12 , Cameron Kaiser wrote:
>[continued from previous message]
>
>* The better solution, though it will require some investment of time: tell
>  your news administrator to "update his/her active file with moderated NGs
>  properly marked." Mention c.b.c by name. Active files list all newsgroups
>  on a news server. If it's inaccurate, your newsreader will never know.
>  This will probably fix other moderated newsgroups on your server, and your
>  fellow users will greatly appreciate it, I'll wager. You may have to be
>  persistent about this, in the same way that Ken Starr is persistent about
>  White House interns.
>
>* The half a solution: tell your ISP to jump in a lake.
>
>| If you are trying to post to Spiro's mailing list (1.1.4), it won't work.
>| Try posting or direct-mailing your submission instead (2.1.3).
>
>2.3.2 'You keep saying my post is garbled'
>
>If we said that, your post *is* garbled -- you probably mailed it and your
>mailer ate it. We have a picture of Eudora Welty on our dartboard. I hit
>a bullseye last week after someone sent their uucode as an attachment, and
>Eudora promptly made "intelligent" [sic] formatting decisions
that ruined it.
>
>Do the following check list:
>
>* NEVER POST OR MAIL yENC!!!
>
>* If you have a MIME-enabled NEWSREADER, then you MUST MAIL YOUR POST.
>  If you don't, then post it UUencoded.
>
>* If you have a MIME-enabled MAILER PROGRAM, then you MUST SEND THE BINARY
>  AS AN ATTACHMENT. If you don't, send the UUcode in your message body.
>
>Most of the time, someone forgets to UUencode the program, or they sent
>the UUcode accidentally as an attachment, and this is easy to reconcile.
>If we complain about your post, we want it again. Please, resend it!
>
>2.3.2.1 'But that didn't work!'
>
>Failing that, you might have a peculiar program that just decides to chomp
>your messages to death. We don't archive all the mailing programs in the
>world to test your message with. I use Elm, and Elm exclusively, because
>Eudora is Moloch and Microsoft Exchange is Satan. You might have different
>opinions about the demonic potential of these mailer programs, but the
>fact of the matter is any good mailer will have options to turn off its
>special formatting and to do sane attachments. If it doesn't, get a new
>mailer.
>
>We are aware that CompuServe OldMail destroys postings en-route, and have
>a semi-reliable way of rescuing them. Just mention you're using OldMail in
>your message body, and we can probably save it.
>
>Is anyone still using OldMail?
>
>2.3.3 'I can't read old postings in the group'
>
>This is something you should take up with your ISP. Old news articles are
>kept on your ISP's news spool for only a limited time, and most local ISPs
>only keep posts less than a week old. I'm spoiled by Concentric, which keeps
>posts up to a month. Odds are if you can't see prior postings, or get
>'Cancelled or expired' messages, your ISP does not archive postings very long
>and you should have a nice friendly chat with them involving physical harm.
>
>| You can also browse old postings in the group in Spiro's mailing list
>| going back to the list's creation date. See section 1.1.4.
>
>2.3.4 'I can't read this group at all!'
>
>Your news administrator may have decided, for whatever reason, not to allow
>binaries groups on his/her server. Usually this is a space consideration;
>just think of how much space alt.binaries.erotica.extremely.big.jpgs takes
>up on a news spool.
>
>In such a case, you're pretty much left with two options: dropping by their
>office with a cannon (illegal except in Libya), or telling them to allow
>comp.binaries.cbm on their server or you'll find a new ISP. Vote with your
>dollars -- it's your money.
>
>2.3.4.1 'I can see some posts, but not all'
>
>You have a flaky news spool, and your news administrator needs to get their
>caboose in gear. Drop by this URL:
>
>http://www.floodgap.com/comp.binaries.cbm/
>
>and select What's playing on c.b.c this week. Confront them with this list.
>Threaten pets or allege unspeakable acts with their next-door neighbor. Most
>news administrators are guilty of that. You may also consider checking out
>a new provider because if their news link is flaky, other things are probably
>subpar in their service offerings as well.
>
>3. Seriously
>
>3.1 Disclaimer
>
>Because of the sue-crazy nature of these United States, Bill Ward felt
>compelled to write a legal disclaimer into the previous FAQ. So do I.
>
>The use of programs posted on c.b.c is at your own risk. c.b.c moderators
>cannot be held legally liable if a program published on this group, or the
>(im)proper use of such a program, causes damage of a monetary, property or
>personal nature. You agree to indemnify and hold blameless the moderators
>in such an event. c.b.c cannot be held liable in the unlikely event that a
>copyrighted work is distributed to the detriment of the copyright owner, nor
>can the moderators carry personal responsibility for the content or nature
>of postings. c.b.c takes no legal liability, and neither can you assign
>liability to the group or its moderators, either collectively or individually.
>
>If you do not agree with these terms, you must not use programs posted here.
>Your use of programs on c.b.c and your subscription to this newsgroup
>constitute your complete and binding acceptance of these policies without
>restriction. This FAQ, and the policies and legal disclaimers therein, is
>subject to change without notice. The terms of this FAQ and the legal
>disclaimers therein shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the
>State of California, United States of America.
>
>3.2 Computer Workshops' relationship to c.b.c
>
>Even though I run CWI, and I also do a lot of operations on c.b.c, CWI has
>no relationship to c.b.c, and vice versa. This is the official word.
>Computer Workshops has nothing to do with this group.
>
>** END OF FAQ **
>
>--
>      Cameron Kaiser * ckaiser{at}floodgap.com * posting with a Commodore 128
>              Floodgap Systems: http://www.floodgap.com/
>                 personal page: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/
>
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