See this update that comes from MS
JRS: In article <eLOVhbggDHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>, seen in
news:microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript, james <nospam@hypercon.net>
posted at Tue, 23 Sep 2003 14:14:43 :-
It is inappropriate, at least in most newsgroups, for an article to
exceed a few hundred lines. This one is over 2000 lines, as noted in
its header.
For newsgroups propagated by the Usenet peering mechanism, it seems
impractical for anyone to preclude injection; but cancel messages can be
generated reasonably effectively.
But any user with decent software can kill articles on message-length,
thus preventing delivery.
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Bill Sanderson : Some newsreaders do not always show message Subjects
(clearly or at all); so it would help if you could put a recognisable
remark, however small, in the body or as a signature. "Virus warning.
Bill S" would be perfectly adequate.
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© John Stockton, Surrey, UK. ?@merlyn.demon.co.uk Turnpike v4.00 MIME ©
Web <URL:http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html> -> Timo Salmi: Usenet Q&A.
Web <URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/news-use.htm> : about usage of News.
No Encoding. Quotes before replies. Snip well. Write clearly. Don't Mail News.
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