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Large binary posts do not belong in unmoderated discussion groups.

I run a program that searches for, and issues advisory cancels for,
large binaries in the akr, biz, comp, misc, news, rec, and sci
hierarchies.

I have issued 12 cancels for large binary files (average size 155,256
characters - total size 1,863,073 characters) posted to 10 different
unmoderated discussion groups in the comp, misc, news, and rec
hierarchies (with cross-posts into C20, alt, and microsoft groups) as
follows:
   3 rec.games.computer.ultima-dragons
   2 rec.collecting
   1 rec.music.indian.misc
   1 rec.games.chess.computer
   1 news.newusers.questions
   1 misc.test
   1 comp.os.os2.programmer.tools
   1 comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc
   1 alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.games
	C20.0056
	comp.jobs
	comp.jobs.offered
	microsoft.public.windowsnt.40beta
	alt.2600
	alt.atheism
	alt.binaries.games

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,
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 AR576 in the subject, or, if your reader supports it, use
this <URL:news:ARMM-Report-576@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.

For more information about binary cancels, see the bincancel FAQ,
<URL:http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5886/binfaq.txt>. 

Please direct public feedback to news.admin.net-abuse.misc and private
feedback to red@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us.  In the interests of preventing
cross-posted flame wars, please honor the followup-to header and do
*not* cross-post your reply to multiple groups.  Thanks for your
cooperation.

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, _The Pickwick Papers_