Yes, well, we are not asking that you give us a set of rules to live under
either...

John

"an_old_friend" wrote in message
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Cmdr Buzz Corey wrote:
John Smith wrote:
Lloyd:

What are you claiming as evidence for this claim, in your own words, "you
are
not supposed to be posting binary files in regular news groups..." ????

John


It is against Usenet convention to post binary files to non-binary

convention not some sort of rule if there is a reason I see no reason
not to post a binary here on occasion just not a whole seris of them
after all it can hardly be more wasted bandwidth than we see here daily


groups. That is why binary groups were invented. Binary files are
usually very large should not be posted to regular news groups as these
groups are archived forever. The binary groups are purged ever so often,
so it isn't prudent to archive large binary files in regular newsgroups.