Re: bincancel:7 large binaries:AR1216:@@NCM

[red@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us (Richard E. Depew)]

Large binary posts do not belong in unmoderated discussion groups.

Please read this entire message, the Bincancel FAQ, and the complete
report (see below) before following up to or responding to this article.

As a service to, and with the cooperation of, other news administrators,
I run a program that searches for, and issues advisory cancels for,
large binaries in the akr, biz, comp, humanities, misc, news, nz, rec,
sci, soc, and talk hierarchies.

I have issued 7 cancels for large binary files (average size 249,357
characters - total size 1,745,498 characters) posted to 38 different
unmoderated discussion groups in the comp, rec, sci, and soc
hierarchies (with cross-posts into hk groups) as follows:
   1 soc.culture.hongkong
	hk.politics
	hk.general
   1 sci.geo.geology
   1 sci.astro.amateur
   1 rec.games.computer.quake.playing
   1 rec.aviation
	rec.aviation.aerobatics
	rec.aviation.homebuilt
	rec.aviation.marketplace
	rec.aviation.misc
	rec.aviation.owning
   1 rec.arts.comics.marketplace
   1 comp.sys.psion
	comp.sys.psion.misc
	comp.sys.palmtops
	comp.sys.hp
	comp.sys.hp.hpux
	comp.sys.hp.hardware
	comp.sys.hp.mpe
	comp.sys.hp.apps
	comp.sys.hp.misc
	comp.sys.hp48
	comp.sys.be
	comp.sys.cbm
	comp.sys.apple2
	comp.sys.apple2.programmer
	comp.sys.apple2.gno
	comp.sys.apple2.marketplace
	comp.sys.apple2.usergroups
	comp.sys.apple2.comm
	comp.sys.dec
	comp.sys.dec.micro
	comp.sys.handhelds
	comp.sys.tandy
	comp.sys.sinclair
	comp.sys.stratus
	comp.sys.pen
	comp.sys.amstrad
	comp.sys.amstrad.8bit

The unnumbered newsgroups in the list are not separate posts, but
are cross-postings of the articles represented by the preceeding
numbered items.  Cross-posting may lead to cancels in non-targeted
groups as a consequence of the way cross-posts work.  A cross-posted
article has only one Message-ID.  When it is canceled from one
group it is canceled from all groups.

This pointer is being posted to each affected group listed above.
Follow-ups are directed to news.admin.net-abuse.usenet.

If you want to see exactly which file was deleted from a particular
group, read the full report in news.admin.net-abuse.bulletins.  The
full report can also be found in news.lists.filters and alt.retromod.
Look for AR1216 in the subject, or, if your reader supports it,
use <URL:news:ARMM-Report-1216@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us>.

The criteria used to search for this batch of large binaries were:
   NEWSGROUPS: Unmoderated groups in the akr, biz, comp, humanities, 
               misc, news, rec, nz, sci, soc, and talk hierarchies
               (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]

For more information about binary cancels, see the bincancel FAQ,
<URL:http://www.southcom.com.au/~geniac/binfaq.txt>. 

Please direct public feedback to news.admin.net-abuse.usenet and private
feedback to red@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us.  In the interests of preventing
cross-posted flame wars, please honor the followup-to header and do
*not* cross-post your reply to multiple groups.  Thank you for your
cooperation.

Best wishes,
Dick
-- 
Richard E. Depew, Munroe Falls, OH    red@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, _The Pickwick Papers_