Xref: news2.mv.net alt.retromod:903 comp.graphics.animation:19104 comp.lang.perl.misc:21757 comp.os.msdos.djgpp:2913 comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc:16028 misc.invest:46375 misc.invest.stocks:114775 rec.arts.comics.dc.universe:15125 rec.pets.dogs. ... Newsgroups: alt.retromod,comp.graphics.animation,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc,misc.invest,misc.invest.stocks,rec.arts.comics.dc.universe,rec.pets.dogs.breeds Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR310:@@NCM Message-ID: References: Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 17:02:57 GMT From: red AT redpoll DOT mrfs DOT oh DOT us (Richard E. Depew) Followup-To: news.admin.net-abuse.misc Organization: ARMM Services, Bincancel Division Keywords: ARMM - Automated Retroactive Minimal Moderation Lines: 52 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp 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 21 advisory cancels for large binary files or parts thereof (total size 3,607,635 characters) posted to 9 different unmoderated discussion groups in the misc, comp, and rec hierarchies as follows: 6 comp.os.msdos.djgpp 5 comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc 4 rec.pets.dogs.breeds 1 rec.arts.comics.dc.universe 1 misc.test 1 misc.invest.stocks 1 misc.invest 1 comp.lang.perl.misc 1 comp.graphics.animation This pointer is being posted to each affected group listed above, with the exception of test groups. 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 AR310 in the subject, or, if your reader supports it, use this URL: news:ARMM-Report-310 AT redpoll DOT mrfs DOT oh DOT 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. This permits news administrators and users to decide for themselves whether to receive binary files. Please direct public feedback to news.admin.net-abuse.misc and private feedback to red AT redpoll DOT mrfs DOT oh DOT us. Thanks. Best wishes, Dick -- Richard E. Depew, Munroe Falls, OH red AT redpoll DOT mrfs DOT oh DOT 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