Re: alt.binaries.rail.australia idea. any support?

[ianst@refer.to.sig.au (Ian Staples)]

In article <878q4c$9vh$1@news1.mpx.com.au>,
 "Dave Proctor" <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> wrote:

>But in this case, he is right - what is the point in posting a picture that
>travels to all news servers in the world (regardless of who wants it or not)
>and only remains there for a few days at best (some news servers limit their
>binaries groups to less than 24 hours retention) [...]

Many corporate/government news servers don't accept alt.* at all.
Binaries groups generally may be kept for only a couple of hours,
if not refused outright.

Cheers,  Ian S.

ianstDELETE@THISdpi.qld.gov.au