I run a program that searchs for, and issues advisory cancels for,
large binaries in the akr, biz, comp, misc, news, rec, and sci
hierachies.
I have issued 13 cancels for large binary files (average size 131,255
characters - total size 1,706,321 characters) posted to 4 different
unmoderated discussion groups in the comp and rec hierarchies as
follows:
8 rec.autos.simulators
2 rec.arts.fine
2 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted
1 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
This pointer is being posted to each affected group listed above.
Followups are directed to news.admin.net-abuse.misc.
If you want to see exactly which file was deleted from a particular
group, or the criteria that I used to select it, read the full report
in news.admin.net-abuse.announce. Look for AR213 in the Subject.
The full report can also be found in alt.nocem.misc and alt.retromod.
If you must post a binary to Usenet, please post it to an appropriate
binaries newsgroup such as alt.binaries.misc. 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
Best wishes,
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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***ens