Large binary posts do not belong in unmoderated discussion groups.
I run a program that searchs for, and issues advisory cancels for,
large binaries in the akr, biz, comp, misc, news, rec, and sci
hierarchies.
I have issued 8 cancels for large binary files (average size 330,979
characters – total size 2,647,835 characters) posted to 3 different
unmoderated discussion groups in the comp and rec hierarchies as
follows:
5 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
2 rec.music.artists.queensryche
1 rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled
This pointer is being posted to each affected group listed above.
Follow-ups are directed to news.admin.net-abuse.misc.
If you want to see exactly which file was deleted from a particular
group, read the full report in news.admin.net-abuse.announce. The
full report can also be found in alt.nocem.misc and alt.retromod.
Look for AR434 in the subject, or, if your reader supports it, use
this URL: news:ARMM-Report-434@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us
The criteria used to search for this batch of large binaries were:
NEWSGROUPS: Unmoderated akr, biz, comp, misc, news, rec, or sci
(except for comp.binaries.apple2, comp.bugs.2bsd,
and rec.games.bolo)
BINARY: base64, binhex, uuencode, and xbtoa encoded files, etc.
SIZE: > 100,000 characters [(size * (# of parts - .5)), if multi-part]
If you must post a binary to Usenet, please post it *only* to an
appropriate binaries newsgroup such as alt.binaries.misc, and do *not*
crosspost it to non-binaries groups. Then, if you like, post something
in the appropriate discussion group telling people where to find the
binary in the binaries group (a pointer to the binary). This will
permit news administrators and users to decide for themselves whether
to receive the binary files.
Please direct public feedback to news.admin.net-abuse.misc and private
feedback to r…@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us. Thanks.
Best wishes,
Dick
—
Richard E. Depew, Munroe Falls, OH r…@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us (home)
It’s over, and can’t be helped, and that’s one consolation, as they
always say in Turkey, when they cut the wrong man’s head off”
— Charles Dickens
Richard E. Depew <r…@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us> wrote:
This is they guy who spammed the hell out of USENET a few years
back with his cancel-bots. He never asked newsgroups if they
wanted his cancel-bots, he just started a program of censorship.
While he is right that such posts don’t belong in these discussion
groups, he really doesn’t belong in rec.music.artists.queensryche
either.
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>Large binary posts do not belong in unmoderated discussion groups.
>I run a program that searchs for, and issues advisory cancels for,
>large binaries in the akr, biz, comp, misc, news, rec, and sci
>hierarchies.
>I have issued 8 cancels for large binary files (average size 330,979
>characters – total size 2,647,835 characters) posted to 3 different
>unmoderated discussion groups in the comp and rec hierarchies as
>follows:
> 5 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
> 2 rec.music.artists.queensryche
> 1 rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled
This is the same @$$ that thinks he has the right to cancel files posted
to non-binary groups. I was the one who *tried* to post a (hold on now)
whole 248k file. He gave me some story about how some service providers
block groups that are too large. Hey, IT’S NOT MY PROBLEM! He
(r…@riker.neoucom.edu (Richard E. Depew))sent me this e-mail message
(this is only part, as his message is too long [talk about ironic]):
> I have issued advisory cancels for one or more binary files that
>appear to have been posted from your account (your address was on one
>or more of them… see the attached report to see which file(s) carried
>your name). If I have been deceived by a forgery, please accept this
>note as a warning of that forgery. If the post is yours, please feel
>free to repost it to an appropriate binaries group such as
>alt.binaries.misc.
Well, smarty, where’s alt.binaries.auto.vw.watercooled?
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Paul Ready wrote:
> Richard E. Depew <r…@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us> wrote:
> This is they guy who spammed the hell out of USENET a few years
> back with his cancel-bots. He never asked newsgroups if they
> wanted his cancel-bots, he just started a program of censorship.
> While he is right that such posts don’t belong in these discussion
> groups, he really doesn’t belong in rec.music.artists.queensryche
> either.
Alden Cates <aca…@hooked.net> wrote:
>Well, smarty, where’s alt.binaries.auto.vw.watercooled?
Some of us cannot access any "alt" newsgroups anyway. It’s not like
anyone wants to post binaries to rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled every
day.
In article <31C9C62B.1…@hooked.net>, aca…@hooked.net wrote:
*This is the same @$$ that thinks he has the right to cancel files posted
*to non-binary groups. I was the one who *tried* to post a (hold on now)
*whole 248k file.
Who is this guy? Is he cancelling these messages in some official
capacity or he doing this on his own?
Anthony
> usrvn…@ibmmail.com (ERK) writes:
> Alden Cates <aca…@hooked.net> wrote:
> >Well, smarty, where’s alt.binaries.auto.vw.watercooled?
> Some of us cannot access any "alt" newsgroups anyway. It’s not like
> anyone wants to post binaries to rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled every
> day.
Why can you not access the "alt" heirarchy?
Mike Barker
vwfr…@biddeford.com
http://www.biddeford.com/~vwfreak
’84 Rabbit Wolfsburg
’87 16v GTi
"Dust Thy Neighbor."
jettaii…@aol.com (Anthony Siino) writes:
>In article <31C9C62B.1…@hooked.net>, aca…@hooked.net wrote:
>*This is the same @$$ that thinks he has the right to cancel files posted
>*to non-binary groups. I was the one who *tried* to post a (hold on now)
>*whole 248k file.
In other words, a post equliverlent to (248 * 1024)/5 = 50790
words long. Your post took about 254 times more space then a typical
post. Be kind to the newsevers and don’t be so greedy.
>Who is this guy? Is he cancelling these messages in some official
>capacity or he doing this on his own?
Yes. There are no offical postions on the USENET only posstions
that have been given by concencouse. If you don’t wish to have your
artical bincanceled you can do one or of these things.
a)Post on binaries newsgroups
b)ask your newsadmin to set his mashenel to ignore bincanncel posts.
—
Please excuse my spelling as I am agraphic. dform…@st.nepean.uws.edu.au
Never trust a country with more peaple then sheep. Its Lucky to be Ducky
"Like be one with your oneness"-Shirley McLoon "I don’t know, Tommy"-Chucky
Some times "Test Patten" is the best show on TV.
Man what a JERK!!! Who the hell died and made you HITLER! This is a free
area if someone wants to post crap let them post it. You don’t have to
look at it or read it or download it but keep your communist crap out of
here!
? the platypus {aka David Formosa} wrote:
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> jettaii…@aol.com (Anthony Siino) writes:
> >In article <31C9C62B.1…@hooked.net>, aca…@hooked.net wrote:
> >*This is the same @$$ that thinks he has the right to cancel files posted
> >*to non-binary groups. I was the one who *tried* to post a (hold on now)
> >*whole 248k file.
> In other words, a post equliverlent to (248 * 1024)/5 = 50790
> words long. Your post took about 254 times more space then a typical
> post. Be kind to the newsevers and don’t be so greedy.
> >Who is this guy? Is he cancelling these messages in some official
> >capacity or he doing this on his own?
> Yes. There are no offical postions on the USENET only posstions
> that have been given by concencouse. If you don’t wish to have your
> artical bincanceled you can do one or of these things.
> a)Post on binaries newsgroups
> b)ask your newsadmin to set his mashenel to ignore bincanncel posts.
> —
> Please excuse my spelling as I am agraphic. dform…@st.nepean.uws.edu.au
> Never trust a country with more peaple then sheep. Its Lucky to be Ducky
> "Like be one with your oneness"-Shirley McLoon "I don’t know, Tommy"-Chucky
> Some times "Test Patten" is the best show on TV.