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time downloading stuff they don't care about.
Certain newsreaders (NN, for example) sort the articles alphabetically
by title, so subject lines with part numbers get displayed and saved
in order. There is an obvious (and common) way to torpedo this
process: make subject lines which do not follow sequentially.
An example:
first article's subject: "plane crash GIF: CRSH+BRN (part 1 / 4)"
subsequent articles' subjects: "CRSH+BRN (part N / 4)"
These subject lines will not be displayed and sorted correctly by NN.
However, if you change the arrangement a little, like this:
first article's subject: "CRSH+BRN (part 1/4) plane crash GIF"
subsequent articles' subjects: "CRSH+BRN (part N/4)"
you will please NN-users the world over.
VI. ANONYMOUS FTP
A word about anonymous FTP and GIF files. When you log onto a remote
machine via anonymous FTP, please try to restrict yourself to no more
then ten minutes of transmission time, or about five to ten files. As
you can imagine, when people discover a new archive of GIF files,
they are all hot to download every one they can, and often they jam up
the site for *days*. You'll notice this effect the first time some
bozo announces the name of a new GIF archive. You won't be able to
get through without persistent efforts over several hours or even a
day or two. Then the system administrators of that site notice that
they have had about $5,000 worth of anonymous FTP over the last two
days, and revoke the anonymous FTP privilege. Now every one is
screwed.
Be considerate; grab only a few files and then let someone else have a
chance. This probably won't solve the problem in the long term (still
everyone and his dog will be ftp'ing into that machine), but at least
it will spread the wealth a bit.
As for anonymous FTP sites for erotica pictures, THEY DO NOT EXIST (except
of course for
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