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

["Dave Proctor" <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au>]

Ian Staples wrote in message <87bd6g$q1g$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au>...
>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.

Which backs me (and GOD) up with our argument that there is no need for this
group - and serves as proof that posting the pics to the WWW is a better
option.

Dave