Re: Combined Apple II FAQs

[jemorti@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Jack Mortimer - K31)]

In article <9306172312.AA10896@auric.nric.gov.au>, leahy@auric.nric.gov.au (Steve Leahy) writes:
|> G'day
|> 
|> > Since so many that are new to the net are confused, I personally think it
|> > would be a great idea to have just one super-duper Apple II oriented FAQ.
|> 
|> 	Surely this would be an ENORMOUS file? I've yet to run up against the
|> message size limit with e-mail, but I know it exists; as I get all the comp.sys.apple2
|> messages via info-apple I'm concerned that a combined FAQ might not survive the mail
|> system.
|> 	How about having several FAQs, but cross-posting them to each of the
|> Apple 2 newsgroups?

I maintain a FAQ on another group. I have recently found out that the max
size of a FAQ file is on the order of 60K. If that size is exceeded, the FAQ
will cause trouble, and probably not be posted. At least not in the general
faq newsgroup area.
Jack Mortimer
jemorti@relay.nswc.navy.mil