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Hi Group,
I know I have posted on this subject before but once again someone is sending HUGE files to this group. I have tried to block him out but for some reason the posts keep coming! Is there no way we can have a maximum file size limit ? Is there a moderator who could take some action? These files are preventing me from enjoying the fruits of all the excellent picture takers who contribute to this group and, incidentally, costing me money. Please don't tell me to get Broadband it is not available in this area. Thanks despairingly, JPD -- john p davies |
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john p davies wrote: Hi Group, I know I have posted on this subject before but once again someone is sending HUGE files to this group. I have tried to block him out but for some reason the posts keep coming! Is there no way we can have a maximum file size limit ? Is there a moderator who could take some action? These files are preventing me from enjoying the fruits of all the excellent picture takers who contribute to this group and, incidentally, costing me money. Please don't tell me to get Broadband it is not available in this area. Thanks despairingly, JPD Rather than downloading them off of the news group get them from http://www.usenet-replayer.com/webrings/astro.html It shows you the download size (smaller than here due to using 8 bit web format rather than 7 used here) so you can decide beforehand whether to download it or or not. Multiple picture posts can be downloaded individually here as well if you only want one or two in the post. Thumbs are provided so you know what you are getting. Also, when an idiot like that one posts his junk it is usually not picked up by the site so you don't have to wade through his lunacy. (Boy do I have to edit myself.) His posts killed three months of posts I had on my server. My New server purged everything due to his manure and started fresh. I can still go back a month at this site and pick things up I missed. It does run a day or so behind. It's not Mysky (RIP) but it is better than nothing for your problem. When I was on dialup using a 9k connection due to rotten phone lines I used Free Agent as my news reader. It showed the image size, in lines not bites but since each line was always the same size the number of lines told size in very useful relative way. I only downloaded what I wanted and then did it at night as it could be set up to download selected files then hang up. Don't know if the current free version does that or not. Seems most free programs get less for free each "update". Rick -- Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct. Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh". |
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john p davies wrote:
Hi Group, I know I have posted on this subject before but once again someone is sending HUGE files to this group. I have tried to block him out but for some reason the posts keep coming! Is there no way we can have a maximum file size limit ? Is there a moderator who could take some action? These files are preventing me from enjoying the fruits of all the excellent picture takers who contribute to this group and, incidentally, costing me money. Please don't tell me to get Broadband it is not available in this area. Do you seriously mean that you can't choose what to download from this group? If so, it's time to get a newsreader that lets you choose. In fact, all modern newsreaders do. Since you are on modem, it should have true off-line capability. I haven't got a clue about how Turnpike performs in any of those respects. Call Demon support! Alternatively follow Rick's advice about usenet-replayer.com. -- I recommend Macs to my friends, and Windows machines to those whom I don't mind billing by the hour |
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:01:34 +0000, john p davies
wrote: Hi Group, I know I have posted on this subject before but once again someone is sending HUGE files to this group. I have tried to block him out but for some reason the posts keep coming! Is there no way we can have a maximum file size limit ? Is there a moderator who could take some action? These files are preventing me from enjoying the fruits of all the excellent picture takers who contribute to this group and, incidentally, costing me money. Please don't tell me to get Broadband it is not available in this area. Thanks despairingly, JPD Hi, You can filter what you want or not download from this group with the "kill filter" in Turnpike. Read the page 25 of the "Quick Start Guide" on Demon Site http://www.demon.net/toolkit/downloads/upgrade.html I suggest you enter 15 000 for the "Are longer than" filter parameter So the prog wil retrieve only like 500Ko image file. @+ |
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I have all my newsgroups come in via HEADERS only, that way I can pick the
ones I want to read the rest just jump into the blackness of the cyber black hole. -- There are those who believe that life here, began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans, who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that they may yet be brothers of man, who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the heavens. The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html "john p davies" wrote in message ... Hi Group, I know I have posted on this subject before but once again someone is sending HUGE files to this group. I have tried to block him out but for some reason the posts keep coming! Is there no way we can have a maximum file size limit ? Is there a moderator who could take some action? These files are preventing me from enjoying the fruits of all the excellent picture takers who contribute to this group and, incidentally, costing me money. Please don't tell me to get Broadband it is not available in this area. Thanks despairingly, JPD -- john p davies |
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