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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 14 advisory cancels for large binary files or parts
thereof (total size 3,255,311 characters) posted to 11 different
unmoderated discussion groups in the rec, news, misc, comp, biz, and sci
hierarchies (with cross-posts into k12, fj, alt, and talk groups)
as follows:
   4 rec.sport.soccer
   1 sci.econ
	k12.ed.business
	talk.politics.libertarian
	fj.sci.economics
	alt.business
	alt.society.sovereign
   1 rec.music.early
   1 rec.collecting.cards.non-sports
   1 rec.audio.car
   1 news.newusers.questions
   1 misc.test
   1 misc.entrepreneurs
   1 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
   1 comp.infosystems.gis
   1 biz.marketplace.international

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,
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 AR307 in the subject, or, if your reader supports it, use
this URL: news:ARMM-Report-307@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 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