From:	SPAMGUARDriker AT pipcom DOT com (Matt Riker)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Allegro: pack_fread()
Date:	Fri, 30 Jan 1998 09:59:16 -0500
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In article <34D15BD1 DOT 85340453 AT csun DOT edu>, rmb56313 AT csun DOT edu says:

 > AFAIK, however, if you're not going take advantage of the compression,
 > password, or datafile access capabilities of packfiles, there's really
 > no reason to use them at all.  It would only decrease the portability of
 > your code.  Also, it will add a flag (F_NOPACK_MAGIC) to the beginning
 > of the file, stating that it is, in fact, not compressed.  Instead, just
 > use the <stdio.h> equivalents.

Ahh, okay, thanks.

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Has no one seen anyone else use this anti-spam technique? :)  Only 
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