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[Jef Poskanzer]

In the referenced message, peter at ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) wrote:
}And after all that it doesn't get archived because news guys don't have the
}time to read and file every sources posting that comes in.

As I pointed out recently, you're wrong about this.  The only archiving
mechanism necessary for alt.sources is compressed numbered article files
with an index of subjects.  And indeed, the only operating FTPable archive
of alt.sources uses precisely this mechanism.
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Jef

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