Re: How not to post on usenet

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Oh come on- it won't be you that gets in trouble.

The OP shouldn't have posted binary files here though. My ISP simply deletes them along with the entire post so I can't even see what it's all about.

Graham

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Well, if everybody picks pebbles from the beach, there will be no pebbles left...

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Actually, no. It's not about your newsserver - _any_ newsgroup without the word "binaries" in the title is for text, not binaries. News servers are usually set up with a much larger queue for the binary newsgroups, because the news spool gets _HUGE_. So, putting binaries into a text newsgroup displaces many text messages from that server.

If someone wants a place to upload pictures, drop me an email and I'll set it up.

Dave Hinz

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That may be so, but when I complained to my ISP that their news server news.tesco.net was very slow, they told me that I could use an alternative server text.news.ntlworld.com, and that this was to be used for text only.

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Yes, but you won't get grief for reading a message with binaries in. All it means is, tesco are at fault. If they run a text only server, they are responsible for auto deleting messages or attachment (their choice) that contain binaries. If their server is listed as text only but still manages to all the propagation of binary messages, that is their lookout, not yours.

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Sure there will. They just won't be at the beach anymore.

-Fred W

The system architect in me wants to point out that you haven't destroyed the beach, you've made redundant offsite archives of it.

Exactly. Which reminds me... Why do all the eco-greenie-weenies get all worked up about "wasting" water? When you "use" water it generally doesn't go away. It's just goes somewhere else.

-Fred W

That is indeed true. The common water leakage from mains of about 35% supports the ground. Without leakage, the ground dries out and you get subsidence. The possible wastage is energy wastage for extra pumping.