Re: bincancel:6 large binaries:AR466:@@NCM

Richard E. Depew (red@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us)
Mon, 1 Jul 1996 06:41:15 GMT

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 6 cancels for large binary files (average size 207,390
characters - total size 1,244,337 characters) posted to 4 different
unmoderated discussion groups in the comp, news, rec, and sci
hierarchies (with cross-posts into into alt and soc groups) as
follows:
2 alt.history.living
sci.anthropology
soc.history
soc.history.living
soc.history.science
1 sci.anthropology
alt.archaeology
1 rec.boats.paddle
1 news.newusers.questions
1 comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio

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 AR466 in the subject, or, if your reader supports it, use
this URL: news:ARMM-Report-466@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