In article <39a7e32d@news.povray.org>, "IMBJR" <imb### [at] imbjrcom> wrote:

> This news server (news.povray.org) seems to have pretty deep pockets. 
> I am currently downloading the entire contents of 
> povray.binaries.images and I noted that the earliest post is from 
> about July 1998. So even if I did release my material in staged 
> intervals it would all still be available for download at some point, 
> leaving the individual browser the option of downloading in staged 
> intervals. Remember, no one is forcing you to download these images.

Actually, the server has limited space available...while most of the 
groups do not automatically expire messages(povray.off-topic is an 
exception), some of the older posts in a couple groups(including this 
one) have had to be manually "expired" to free up space. They are 
running out of room...
There are more details in the povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions 
group, specifically the messages "Welcome To the POV-Ray News Groups" 
and "News Server Acceptable Use Policy".


> Feedback is not required. It is up the individual whether or not to 
> reply.

If you are not after comments on your work, what *do* you want?


> Again, no one is being forced.

Yes, but it will push older animations out...it might have been a better 
idea to put the animations on a web page and post announcements to 
povray.animations. Also, downloads are usually faster from web 
pages...the encoding to place files in these groups increases the size.
The same goes for the povray.binaries.images group...it might have been 
a better idea to put the high-quality images on a web page, and post 
links with lower-resolution preview images. The subject has been 
discussed in depth before, the consensus seems to be that images larger 
than about 200-300K or large groups of images would be better on a web 
page. I don't think anyone would mind a large animation, large files are 
kind of expected in this group :-), but the same rule for large numbers 
of posts still applies.

-- 
Christopher James Huff
Personal: chr### [at] maccom, http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg, http://tag.povray.org/

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