Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 15:05:55 -0000 From: "Roger Hyde" <rogerhydenopsamorld.com> Subject: Re: Old Saabs
<davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message news:3c332972$0$35566$272ea4a1nopsam.execpc.com... > Roger Hyde <rogerhydenopsamorld.com> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > > Note the absence of "binaries" in the group title, my access is slow and > > your attachement takes an age to load. > > Roger is right, it's considered very rude to post binaries to a non- > binary group. One problem with it, aside from slow access, is that many > news servers have a quota set per group, and in a non-binary group it's > set pretty low (text is small, after all). One binary can, then, displace > dozens or hundreds of text messages, because there isn't room for them. > > Dave Hinz > > Thanks guys, but appologies to the original poster, I was in a foul mood when i first replied. My first post was rude and I like to think out of character