On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:58:02 -0600, Sj wrote:

Given the fact that people generally post to share,
posting in a way that keeps some from seeing what
you're posting seems rather a waste of time ...

Posting 1 Mb of data as yEnc sends ~ 1.03 Mb of data.

Posting 1 Mb of data as you do sends ~ 1.40 Mb of data.

For the still considerable number of people who have low speed connections or
(as for many in my country) pay for every byte downloaded, unnecessarily
bloating every post by 35% lessens your "sharing".

You either penalise those who use a sub-standard excuse for a newsreader and
could change, or penalise those who, usually through no fault of their own, have
a sub-standard internet connection.

That's why I don't yEnc my posts ...

Yes, and I know and like your posts so am prepared to pay the penalty.

But for fringe players like Boiler Bill, if his posts increase by 35% I just
won't bother.

But that's me ;-)

And the above is me :-)