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Re: Nathan, Maybe you should read your own FAQ



Paul Francis Gilbert <pfg@cs.rmit.edu.au> writes:

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: Agreed. That's about the most we could hope for, although without moderation
: there's no automatic enforcement of such rules. A similar case is the
: posting of binaries... there's no theoretical prohibition against it, but
: rather the opinion of the majority of readers in a particular group whether
: or not it's socially acceptable.

Disagree.  Binaries in discussion newsgroups are auto-cancelled unless
your ISP doesn't support cancels.  Majority of subscribers opinions has
nothing to do with it.  Newsgroup charters amount to more than just
a "theoretical prohibition".