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This article is from the Reggae FAQ, by Mike Pawka eznoh@niceup.com with numerous contributions by others.

23]. Why shouldn't I post pictures or sounds to rec.music.reggae?

It's not a good idea to post "binary" files, such as pictures or sound
files, to the newsgroup. Binary files are usually HUGE-- many times the
size of normal text files. They can take forever to download and can
break some people's newsreaders. Also, if you get charged by the time
it takes to download a message, or the size of the messages you
download, that's a LOT more money paid by the unsuspecting newsgroup
reader!

Also, if enough poeple start posting binaries in this newsgroup, news
server admins may decide that it's a binary newsgroup and articles
will get flushed much faster, that is they will only stay around
for a day or two.

Please post binary files to the most appropriate binaries newsgroup ONLY.
Here are a few places to get you started (warning-- the files may take a
LONG time to download due to their size!):

alt.binaries.pictures.misc (news:alt.binaries.pictures.misc)
alt.binaries.sounds.misc (news:alt.binaries.sounds.misc)

You can post a note in a group that you've sent a binary file to another
newsgroup, but please don't crosspost that file or the note between the
groups or post the files here. If you post pointers to the groups where
readers might be interested, and only post the binaries in binaries
newsgroups, everything works out fine. :)

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