Hi group,
On the above mentioned newsgroup, there are a large number of messages 
by "G" to Richard Crisp, a contributor, detailing Hubble Telescope 
pictures. As I have a slow dial-up connection these downloads are 
causing a major bottleneck in collecting news. Is this peculiar to me, 
or is everyone experiencing this behaviour? And, is there anything I can 
do about it?

Thanks,
jpd
-- 
John Davies

John,
I haven't seen G's post for a while, none even today. Maybe he/she is not 
inserting the heading word in the subject thus the posts are filtered away. 
You can easily kill-file the OP, following the directions your browser/mail 
software.
Clear skies,

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Beta Persei
45° 35' N
8° 51' E

"John Davies"  ha scritto nel messaggio 
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> Hi group,
> On the above mentioned newsgroup, there are a large number of messages by 
> "G" to Richard Crisp, a contributor, detailing Hubble Telescope pictures. 
> As I have a slow dial-up connection these downloads are causing a major 
> bottleneck in collecting news. Is this peculiar to me, or is everyone 
> experiencing this behaviour? And, is there anything I can do about it?
>
> Thanks,
> jpd
> -- 
> John Davies

Wasn't it John Davies who wrote:
>Hi group,
>On the above mentioned newsgroup, there are a large number of messages
>by "G" to Richard Crisp, a contributor, detailing Hubble Telescope
>pictures. As I have a slow dial-up connection these downloads are
>causing a major bottleneck in collecting news. Is this peculiar to me,
>or is everyone experiencing this behaviour? And, is there anything I
>can do about it?

An alternative strategy for accessing binary groups on a slow connection
is to use a separate usenet downloader, such as Grabbit, rather than
your normal text newsreader.
   http://www.shemes.com/
This allows you to choose which posts you want to download.

Grabbit is free for normal use, only requiring a subscription if you
want to use the Schemes usenet search facility.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure

John Davies wrote:
> Hi group,
> On the above mentioned newsgroup, there are a large number of messages 
> by "G" to Richard Crisp, a contributor, detailing Hubble Telescope 
> pictures. As I have a slow dial-up connection these downloads are 
> causing a major bottleneck in collecting news. Is this peculiar to me, 
> or is everyone experiencing this behaviour? And, is there anything I can 
> do about it?
> 
> Thanks,
> jpd
2 or 3 pics a day, mostly not hubble, but why read a binary group
when you dont want binaries????????????????

Hi Group,

Thanks for the replies. I learn a lot from viewing other peoples 
excellent images displayed in Alt.binaries.pictures.astro. And wish to 
continue to do so. Is there an alternative way/site to view these? " 
Gentleman of leisure " has suggested one way, but I remember there was a 
site dedicated to posts by amateurs which I have lost after changing 
computers.

JPD

In message , John Davies 
 writes
>Hi group,
>On the above mentioned newsgroup, there are a large number of messages 
>by "G" to Richard Crisp, a contributor, detailing Hubble Telescope 
>pictures. As I have a slow dial-up connection these downloads are 
>causing a major bottleneck in collecting news. Is this peculiar to me, 
>or is everyone experiencing this behaviour? And, is there anything I 
>can do about it?
>
>Thanks,
>jpd

-- 
John Davies

Yes, John you can view the repost of ABPA here:
http://www.spacebanter.com/forumdisplay.php?f=25

Enjoy,
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08° 51' E

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"John Davies"  ha scritto nel messaggio 
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> Hi Group,
>
> Thanks for the replies. I learn a lot from viewing other peoples excellent 
> images displayed in Alt.binaries.pictures.astro. And wish to continue to 
> do so. Is there an alternative way/site to view these? " Gentleman of 
> leisure " has suggested one way, but I remember there was a site dedicated 
> to posts by amateurs which I have lost after changing computers.
>
> JPD
>
> In message , John Davies 
>  writes
>>Hi group,
>>On the above mentioned newsgroup, there are a large number of messages by 
>>"G" to Richard Crisp, a contributor, detailing Hubble Telescope pictures. 
>>As I have a slow dial-up connection these downloads are causing a major 
>>bottleneck in collecting news. Is this peculiar to me, or is everyone 
>>experiencing this behaviour? And, is there anything I can do about it?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>jpd
>
> -- 
> John Davies

"John Davies"  wrote in message 
news:klF9RUB34H2KFwUG@ashton0.demon.co.uk...
> Hi Group,
>
> Thanks for the replies. I learn a lot from viewing other peoples excellent 
> images displayed in Alt.binaries.pictures.astro. And wish to continue to 
> do so. Is there an alternative way/site to view these? "

You could set your newsreader to download headers only - the newsreader 
should be able to tell you the size of the posting (including any 
attachments) and you only do the full download on those you actually choose 
to open.

In article ,
   John Davies  wrote:

> Thanks for the replies. I learn a lot from viewing other peoples 
> excellent images displayed in Alt.binaries.pictures.astro. And wish to 
> continue to do so. Is there an alternative way/site to view these? " 
> Gentleman of leisure " has suggested one way, but I remember there was a 
> site dedicated to posts by amateurs which I have lost after changing 
> computers.

If your link is fast enough to load any pictures at all you could try going
direct to NASA and JPL websites and then clicking on only those links which
are of interest.

You MUST have broadband though if you want to see the detail available in
the stunning HiRISE images from Mars.

I can sympathise as one who has only relatively recently been broadbanded.
As others have suggested, kill-filing over-prolix contributors is probably
your best solution OR subscribe to <sci.space.news> where you get news
straight from the horse's mouth with descriptions of what the pictures show.

-- 
Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS)
Buckingham, ENGLAND
Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j