Subject: Offering to email files

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 Q: Should I offer to email this utility I have at my disposal?

 A: As a general answer I would say that the results of this kind of
an offer often come as a nasty surprise to the person offering the
service. Several unsuspecting users have had the problem of being
completely inundated with the subsequent email requests, and may
even have had to withdraw the offer. A much safer avenue is to tell
where the utility is available. Or if it is not yet available
anywhere on the net, first upload it to a suitable ftp site (don't
forget to notify the moderator). Sometimes this means garbo.uwasa.fi
archives. (If you wish to consider other sites, see the
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/moder.zip list of sites).
   But if you have gullibly made such an offer I suggest that you
grit your teeth, and see things through. The least you should do is
to make the information available where and how the utility can be
obtained, if you have to go back on your word of emailing directly
to the users.
   Now what to do in the case if you are a user who has seen some
goodies offered, and the offer of emailing then withdrawn. Back to
the old file lists. We have several at garbo.uwasa.fi archives. If
you get the following files you have a good chance of finding what
you are looking for: /pc/INDEX.ZIP, /pc/INDEXTS.ZIP,
/windows/WINDEX.ZIP and /unix/UINDEX.ZIP.
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