Date: 2 Jan 2002 11:54:52 -0800 From: johsnopsamanytime.co.uk (Johannes H Andersen) 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 Yes, Roger is right. You're lucky if you get the post on your server if it includes binaries. Such posts are automatically excluded from groups.google . Johannes