>In <DAqNpCAEq7U0Ew5O@forsythe.demon.co.uk> robert and fiona forsythe <robert@forsythe.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>>In article <62umse$hva$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>, Gabi Cseh
>><gabi@ozemail.com.au> writes
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>>pretty annoyed at picture files being posted here,
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>
>Just a word of warning to people thinking about posting binaries in this
>newsgroup (nothing against Robert and Fiona - they were just making a
>comment, and nothing against Gabi either, unless she's going to post more
>binaries in the future).
>
>While it's not forbidden, it's convention that you shouldn't post any binary
>image files in group like 'aus.rail', or any other 'aus.*' newsgroup unless
>the group is specially set up as a binary posting group.
>'misc.transport.rail.australia-nz' falls under the same common-sense
>guidelines even though it's not an 'aus.*' group.
>
>The newsgroups 'alt.binaries.pictures.rail' should be used for binary image
>postings related to rail tranport. That's what it was created for. Otherwise
>readers of 'aus.rail' and 'm.t.r.australia-nz' waste money and time online
>trying to get through binary image postings which don't mean much to most
>people, especially people who don't have access to anything other than
>text-based newsreading software.
>
>If anyone wants to post binaries in this group, please ask everyone else
>first, and if people object too much, try to put your images on an FTP site
>so those who want them can download them without choking newsgroups with
>non-text postings.
>
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