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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 19 advisory cancels for large binary files or parts
thereof (total size 1,345,384 characters) posted to 10 different
unmoderated discussion groups in the 
   8 rec.music.country.western
   3 comp.lang.ada
	comp.lang.c++
	c
	comp.edu
   2 rec.arts.comics.alternative
   2 alt.american
	alt.teens
	can.schoolnet.chat.students.sr
	cix.gif.chatter
	k12.chat.junior
	rec.arts.poems
	soc.penpals
	soc.singles
   1 rec.outdoors.fishing
   1 comp.sys.mac.graphics
   1 biz.misc
   1 alt.binaries.fonts
	comp.fonts

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 AR367 in the subject, or, if your reader supports it, use
this URL: news:ARMM-Report-367@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