Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 14:21:17 GMT From: Johannes <johsnospam-gets-nuked-sizefitter.com> Subject: Re: How not to post on usenet
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.
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