"Bob Noel" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

Or they could put all the newsgroups that allow binaries in one place -
i.e.: alt.binaries.*, so we can control expire times, spool space and
feeds with one configuration.

Oh wait, that's what we already do.

Circa 1996 there was a guy running a cancelbot on "large" binaries
in non-binary groups (Richard somethingorother). Is that still
happening or did he give that up?


He probably gave up because most servers stopped accepting cancel messages.