can I sell my Volvo here?

[Jan Clifford]

Hello everyone,

would anyone object if I tried to sell my Volvo on this newsgroup - I am
unsure of the rules and I do not want to upset anyone.
Thanks
Jan

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[Jack in Dallas]

Go For It, "almost" everyone here enjoys having first dibs on a nice Volvo
for sale from an individual. Make sure to include your location. If you
have any pictures just post the link to them instead of posting them here.
Binaries still slow down some of those who are still on dialup.
Jack In Dallas

 

[Rob Guenther]

...really, binaries slow dial up?... my headers load with outlook express,
but I only download the message, and any attachments when I click on the
header... worked the same way with dial up... binaries were slower to load,
obviously... but only if I clicked on them.

 

[Dave Shannon]

The header isnt going to have enough room for details about the car, and if
he were to put that info with the binaries you wouldnt be able to read it
without downloading the entire message. My point I guess was that binaries
arent often welcomed in this type of group by most. Not that I mind, I'm
broadband....

I'd think the best way would be to set up a nice little website somewhere
like Homestead (free) with pics, description and an email link. Then you
could just post a link and those interested could click through. It is also
nice to put the link in print ads so people can see what they will be
looking at, keeps the lookyloo traffic down.

My last ISP stripped binaries from groups that were not specifically for
them, not sure but I think Cox does the same thing.
Dave Shannon
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http://www.homestead.com/volvo2/

 

[Stewart Hargrave]

From a point at sea, to the circles of your mind, this is Jack in
Dallas:

If you
have any pictures just post the link to them instead of posting them here.
Binaries still slow down some of those who are still on dialup.

You are quite right to say post a link to a website; never post a
binary to a non-binary group.

It is not really to do with dialup speed, though - that is only of
immediate consequence to yourself. It is because you will flood the
world's usenet servers and newsfeeds with stuff that is 100, or maybe
1000 times bigger than a text only post.

Many of the world's smaller news servers have a tough time keeping up
with the growing demands of a text only service and cannot carry the
alt.binary groups; misplaced binaries can be a real problem to them.
Remember that there are places in the world other than America or
Europe, where afluence makes it relatively easy to keep up with the
growing demands of newsfeeds. Many servers on the usenet network are
small, unfunded and noncomercial. It is also worth noting, that while
the internet is nowadays the main way of conveying newsfeeds, it is
not the only way.

Usenet is not like the web, where you can publish and image, sound or
video file onto your own server, just occupying space there, and have
people come and download from there. Nor is it like email, where you
post an attachment to a limited number of recipients, who delete it
from their server when they receive it. Usenet messages get propogated
to, and eventually occupy space on, nearly every other news server
around the world. A few inappropriate binaries could cause havoc.

And it doesn't end there; there are many people who seem unwilling to
snip huge amounts of irrelevant text when replying to a newsgroup
message (don't get me started on the top posting offenders who don't
even realise they're doing it) - a single such reply to a message
containing a binary would double the amount of space and bandwidth
that the original binary used.



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