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 11 cancels for large binary files (average size 125,352
characters - total size 1,378,882 characters) posted to 7 different
unmoderated discussion groups in the comp and rec hierarchies as
follows:
3 comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities.win95
3 comp.emulators.apple2
1 rec.autos.sport.rally
1 rec.autos.simulators
1 comp.sys.hp48
1 comp.emulators.misc
1 comp.cad.autocad
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, or the criteria that I used to select it, read the full report
in news.admin.net-abuse.announce. Look for AR229 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 *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
Best wishes,
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