"Jose" wrote

Right, and that is the issue. In a text newsgroup, things are optimized for
text. Anything that is not "text sized" gets in the way, whether on the
server, in the software required to view, or in the time people have to wait
for the unwanted image to be presented to them. "Things that don't fit"
should be segregated.

For once, I totally agree!

It is all in what you expect to get.

I set my reader to download all of the headers and message bodies in a text only
group. It doesn't take long, with broadband.

Not so, with the binaries picture group, for example. Can you imagine how long
that would take, to download all of the message bodies (pictures), if you missed
a few days? g

A line has been drawn in the sand. No binaries in a text only group. It is
what you expect. If you let one or two pictures in, where do you draw the line,
now? It becomes significantly g less clear, then.
--
Jim in NC