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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 28 cancels for large binary files (average size 226,215
characters - total size 6,334,007 characters) posted to 14 different
unmoderated discussion groups in the misc, comp, and rec hierarchies
(with cross-posts into alt groups) as follows:
   8 comp.security.unix
   5 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
	alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc
	comp.lang.c++
   2 rec.arts.manga
   2 rec.arts.comics.strips
   2 rec.arts.comics.misc
   2 rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks
   1 rec.arts.comics.other-media
   1 misc.writing
   1 misc.wanted
   1 comp.sys.sun.admin
   1 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc
   1 comp.mail.pine
   1 rec.music.reggae
	alt.binaries.sounds.mods

The cancels in non-targeted groups are an unavoidable consequence of
the way cancels 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.  Look
for AR284 in the subject.  The full report can also be found in
alt.nocem.misc and alt.retromod.

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 and rec.games.bolo)
   BINARY: (base64, binhex, uuencode, and xbtoa encoded files, etc.)
   SIZE: > 100,000 characters (size * number of parts, 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@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