This article is from the Xena: Warrior Princess FAQ, by Paul Hilling p.hilling@bigfoot.com with numerous contributions by others.
Some sites have limited resources and carry only a limited
selection of binary news groups. If binary files are posted to
non-binary news groups, the only ultimate recourse the system
administrators have is to stop carrying non-binary news groups
with excessive binary file postings.
Other reasons include :- That not every person who reads ATX, has
unlimited toll-free time to download 50k+ binary posts. Most
people outside of the US (for example those in the UK and
Europe), are charged for net usage by the second. Some ISP's
also automatically block binary posts in non-binary groups, so a
lot of readers won't see your picture anyway.
There is a much better option available for sharing your Xena
pictures: the World Wide Web! Binary news groups have short
expiration periods because their articles take up so much disk
space. Web pages that you design and own on the other hand, have
NO expiration periods.
 
Continue to: