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On 27 Mar 2003 at 21:10, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> .... Re: Usenet as solution to Al-Jazeera jamming problem
>
> I suspect that Usenet groups containing tens-o-megabyte files
> are often blocked by ISPs (and public sources would be
> overwhelmed). Also, wasn't Usenet plagued by evil
> message-cancellers?
Depends on your Usenet server. The usual limit I encounter is
about ten megabytes for any one post. I routinely download
five hundred megabyte video files using the PAR and RAR
mechanism to get around the ten megabyte limit.
Message cancellation has been cancelled by most servers.
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James A. Donald
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