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- Large binary posts do not belong in unmoderated discussion groups.
-
- I run a program that searchs for, and issues advisory cancels for,
- large binaries in the akr, biz, comp, misc, news, rec, and sci
- hierarchies.
-
- I have issued 23 cancels for large binary files (average size 112,665
- characters - total size 2,591,300 characters) posted to 7 different
- unmoderated discussion groups in the comp, rec, and sci hierarchies
- (with cross-posts into microsoft groups) as follows:
- 13 comp.graphics.animation
- 4 comp.emulators.apple2
- 2 comp.emulators.mac.executor
- 1 sci.med.nursing
- 1 rec.sport.unicycling
- 1 rec.arts.manga
- 1 comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95
- microsoft.public.win95.setup
-
- The cancels in non-targeted groups are a consequence of the way
- cross-posts work. A cross-posted article has only one Message-ID.
- When it is canceled from one group it is canceled from all groups.
-
- This pointer is being posted to each affected group listed above.
- Follow-ups are directed to news.admin.net-abuse.misc.
-
- If you want to see exactly which file was deleted from a particular
- group, read the full report in news.admin.net-abuse.announce. The
- full report can also be found in alt.nocem.misc and alt.retromod.
- Look for AR474 in the subject, or, if your reader supports it, use
- this URL: news:ARMM-Report-474@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us
-
- The criteria used to search for this batch of large binaries were:
- NEWSGROUPS: Unmoderated akr, biz, comp, misc, news, rec, or sci
- (except for comp.binaries.apple2, comp.bugs.2bsd,
- and rec.games.bolo)
- BINARY: base64, binhex, uuencode, and xbtoa encoded files, etc.
- SIZE: > 100,000 characters [(size * (# of parts - .5)), if multi-part]
-
- If you must post a binary to Usenet, please post it *only* to an
- appropriate binaries newsgroup such as alt.binaries.misc, and do *not*
- crosspost it to non-binaries groups. Then, if you like, post something
- in the appropriate discussion group telling people where to find the
- binary in the binaries group (a pointer to the binary). This will
- permit news administrators and users to decide for themselves whether
- to receive the binary files.
-
- Please direct public feedback to news.admin.net-abuse.misc and private
- feedback to red@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us. Thanks.
-
- Best wishes,
- Dick
- --
- Richard E. Depew, Munroe Falls, OH red@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us (home)
- It's over, and can't be helped, and that's one consolation, as they
- always say in Turkey, when they cut the wrong man's head off''
- -- Charles Dickens
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