On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:39:36 UTC, H Hornblower wrote:

Why is it to anyone's advantage to ban pictures from the newsgroup?

I don't have to download something that may be a potential virus, or
off-topic spam. My ISP's newsadmin won't drop the newsgroup from their
newsfeed because of a misplaced binary post. In short, it's a little
thing called netiquette. There are plenty of binary newsgroups or web
sites or FTP sites where people can post their pics, then post a link
to them here.

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