OT Something good about cheap-ass ISPs dropping USENET

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John Doe

Some guy just posted a binary to one of my groups. I was
surprised, but it is perfectly on topic and applies to his
question. After so many years of hearing the "NO BINARIES!"
rant... Thanks in part to my ISP dropping USENET, I am currently
using a paid-for news server that handles zillions of binaries
daily and could not care less about binaries posted to ordinary
groups. Feels good too. I suppose the Third Worlders will continue
to cry about it, but oh well...
 
John said:
Some guy just posted a binary to one of my groups.
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My news provider filters out such as spam and binaries in text groups.

<wiki> Cleanfeed is a spam filter for use with Usenet news groups. As
well as blocking spam, it is also able to block binary image posts in
non-binary news groups and HTML posts. </wiki>
 
John said:
Some guy just posted a binary to one of my groups. I was
surprised, but it is perfectly on topic and applies to his
question. After so many years of hearing the "NO BINARIES!"
rant... Thanks in part to my ISP dropping USENET, I am currently
using a paid-for news server that handles zillions of binaries
daily and could not care less about binaries posted to ordinary
groups. Feels good too.
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I was with you up to that point.
I suppose the Third Worlders will continue
to cry about it, but oh well...
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I have no idea what you mean by that.
 
Mike Easter said:
My news provider filters out such as spam and binaries in text groups.

<wiki> Cleanfeed is a spam filter for use with Usenet news groups. As
well as blocking spam, it is also able to block binary image posts in
non-binary news groups and HTML posts. </wiki>
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There was a time when most binaries posted outside alt.binaries
were on-topic and useful, so few people complained. I remember
my former ISP (Mindspring) in its heyday steadfastly refused to
filter binaries for the above reason.

But the unwashed masses changed all that, with movie dumps and
other off-topic garbage. Today any lapse in binary filtering is
exploited immediately and mercilessly.
 
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