The message
from (Rodger Whitlock)
contains these words:

The urglers don't like people doing that. Post them on a web page and
provide a link.

It isn't just an issue of "don't like". Pictures take up much
more room than text, and will cause premature expiry of
discussion messages, among other matters. Also, some news servers
will simply drop binaries on the floor when found in discussion
groups.

I think it's a case of most news servers. Ours certainly strips any
binaries out.

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Rusty Hinge
horrid·squeak&zetnet·co·uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm