Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:39:06 +0100 From: Sleeker GT Phwoar <carl.robsonnospamcing-czechs.com> Subject: Re: How not to post on usenet
In article <42F76A54.A8D20074nospam-gets-nuked-sizefitter.com>, johsnospam-gets-nuked-sizefitter.com says... > > >Dave Hinz wrote: >> >> On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 10:09:29 GMT, Johannes <johsnospam-gets-nuked-sizefitter.com> wrote: >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> [Image] [Image] [Image] [Image] [Image] [Image] [Image] >> >> > I'm using a special non-binary news server text.news.ntlworld.com, where >> > images are not allowed. This is more efficient than a binary news server. >> > Hence I'll now get into trouble with my ISP for downloading your post! >> >> Actually, no. It's not about your newsserver - _any_ newsgroup without >> the word "binaries" in the title is for text, not binaries. News >> servers are usually set up with a much larger queue for the binary >> newsgroups, because the news spool gets _HUGE_. So, putting binaries >> into a text newsgroup displaces many text messages from that server. > >That may be so, but when I complained to my ISP that their news server >news.tesco.net was very slow, they told me that I could use an alternative >server text.news.ntlworld.com, and that this was to be used for text only. > Yes, but you won't get grief for reading a message with binaries in. All it means is, tesco are at fault. If they run a text only server, they are responsible for auto deleting messages or attachment (their choice) that contain binaries. If their server is listed as text only but still manages to all the propagation of binary messages, that is their lookout, not yours. -- Carl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com
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