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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 32 advisory cancels for large binary files or parts
thereof (total size 3,951,603 characters) posted to 17 different
unmoderated discussion groups in the comp, biz, and rec hierarchies
(with cross-posts into into alt and chile groups) as follows:
  16 comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities.win95
   4 rec.arts.anime.marketplace
   2 biz.marketplace.international
	chile
   1 rec.toys.lego
   1 rec.photo.equipment.35mm
   1 rec.games.video.sony
   1 rec.autos.4x4
   1 rec.arts.bodyart
   1 comp.sys.psion
   1 comp.sys.mac.apps
	comp.sys.mac.comm
	comp.sys.mac.apps
	comp.sys.powerpc
	comp.sys.mac.misc
	comp.sys.mac.system
   1 comp.os.netware.misc
   1 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
   1 comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities.win3x
	comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities.win95
	alt.binaries.multimedia.utilities
	alt.binaries.pictures.utilities
	alt.binaries.sounds.utilities
	alt.binaries.utilities

The cancels in non-targeted groups are a consequence of the way cancels
interact with cross-posts.  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 AR341 in the subject, or, if your reader supports it, use
this URL: news:ARMM-Report-341@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.  This permits news administrators
and users to choose, in advance, 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