Binaries Allowed?

Are small binaries allowed on this newsgroup to illustrate a question?

...Jim Thompson

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Jim Thompson
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No, but you can provide a link.

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Joseph Meehan

I've seen them occasionally. Though I'm not a moderator or anything here.

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Stormin Mormonn

If you don't have a website where you can post a photo, you should be able to find a newsgroup where you can post it. It will start with alt.binaries....

You probably already know this, but I'm posting just in case you don't.

8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~

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Suzie-Q

The last guy that did it, was shot by the mob the next day. They left a note behind saying "killed because of posting binaries on alt.home.repair".

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me

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Bob

BTW here is an example of a link. Poor photos of my cats.

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Joseph Meehan

As I understand it, many newsreaders can not read binary files. So, anyone who sends binary files, may get to only a few people who have readers that can read them.

Shepherd

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Shepherd

Many news servers do not allow binaries in non-binary news groups--they simply strip 'em out (so many folks will not see your attached illustrations).

But then they keep text-only news groups on the server far longer than they keep binary groups. For example, on Giganews I get 5 months retention on text-only groups, but only 2 weeks of binary retention (when last I checked).

--JWWells

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John W. Wells

question?

If the newsgroup name contains the word "binaries" then they are allowed. Posting binaries in non-binary groups risks having servers drop the groups, as many servers have severe limits on binaries.

Bob

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Bob

Huh? I only see their names and no pictures......

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me

That could be any of several problems. It does work for me, at least every time I have tried it. It possible my host was having problems, or more likely something to do with the software you are using, some configuration of that software or something on your computer or some security settings on your computer or your IP. You would not be an AOL customer would you? It looks like you are using Yahoo for reading the messages.

Have you had other problems following links or displaying photos on line?

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Joseph Meehan

Cute. They look as if they're planning something devastating.

Reply to
Frogleg

In general, newsgroups without 'binaries' in their name do not welcome binary posts of any size/sort. Nor HTML 'Plain text' allows everyone to view posts and not spend a lot of time (and money, in many situations) downloading. Many ISPs provide hosting space for posting graphics, and supplying a link to these is fine. Don't know if there's an alt.binaries.home.repair, but perhaps you could post a picture to some generic binary group and refer to it.

Frustrating, I know. It's often easier to draw a picture/diagram than describe in words. Kind of you to ask first before sending a

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Frogleg

They often are.

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Joseph Meehan

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