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houghi wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:47:40 +0200, JC <John.Collins42@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >Houghi, forgive me for my ignorance, but what is that you're always
> >mailing about 'no binaries'??
> >I don't quite understand what you mean by that....
> >Sorry if that sounds stupid :)
> 
> Binaries in newsgroups are not wanted. They tak up serious space on
> servers worldwide. There are special newsgroups for binaries. Some
> postmasters do not accept these groups and if they see that a hirarchy
> has a lot of binaries in them, they delete the complete hirarchy.
> (e.g. be.* or nl.*)
> 

Gewoon even dit tussendoor : in de alt.fan.(vul zelf  maar een naam in)
nieuwsgroepen staat het vol van de binaries, dit niettegenstaande er
nergens
binaries in de titel staan. Hoe komt het dan dat de meeste van die
groepen blijven
bestaan?

T.
> Also binary groups do have a shorter TTL (Time To Live) e.g. at Ping
> two days for binary groups whereas 'normal' groups stay on for 14
> days.

Inderdaad , bij XS4ALL is dit slechts een 4tal dagen, de andere gaan tot
een week en meer
> 
> An other reason is that some people are forced to download everything
> before they can see if a posting is binary or not. Because of the
> posting of binaries you FORCE them to stay online longer than needed.
> 
I think the binaries-posters must have shares in Belgacom or telenet
:-))))


> houghi - delete one houghi from the return address
> --
> > If you reply, please do not post in HTML or MIME.
> > I CAN read it, but I will not react.
> > Keep Usenet a tidy place, just like your neighborhood.
> http://www.ping.be/houghi/nohtml/ on how to turn HTML off.

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